"headload" meaning in All languages combined

See headload on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: headloads [plural]
Etymology: From head + load. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|load}} head + load Head templates: {{en-noun}} headload (plural headloads)
  1. A load carried on the head.
    Sense id: en-headload-en-noun-YMTi~oDz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head",
        "3": "load"
      },
      "expansion": "head + load",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From head + load.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "headloads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "headload (plural headloads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In India, we saw women carrying headloads of firewood.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, New York: Astor-Honor, published 1959, page 129:",
          "text": "That night he collected his most valuable belongings into head-loads.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A load carried on the head."
      ],
      "id": "en-headload-en-noun-YMTi~oDz",
      "links": [
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "headload"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head",
        "3": "load"
      },
      "expansion": "head + load",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From head + load.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "headloads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "headload (plural headloads)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "In India, we saw women carrying headloads of firewood.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, New York: Astor-Honor, published 1959, page 129:",
          "text": "That night he collected his most valuable belongings into head-loads.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A load carried on the head."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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