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Word entry · 8 letters

overhead

Best crossword clue

"Up above"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/Part of speech adverb, noun, adjectiveSorted adeehorvStarts with OEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. above the head; over the head

Word origin

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief.

Used in a sentence

  • Place your luggage in the overhead lockers.
  • The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle.
  • There was no room left in the overheads for our luggage, our seats did not recline, and the washrooms were right behind us.

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