"horsehead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horseheads [plural]
Etymology: horse + head Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horse|head}} horse + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} horsehead (plural horseheads)
  1. The head of a horse. Translations (head of a horse): Pferdekopf [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-horsehead-en-noun-Ea8MR9EP Disambiguation of 'head of a horse': 100 0 0
  2. A pump for pumping oil from an oil well. Categories (topical): Pumps Translations (pump): Pferdekopfpumpe [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-horsehead-en-noun-69JdOBzH Disambiguation of Pumps: 5 79 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 84 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 81 16 Disambiguation of 'pump': 0 100 0
  3. A steel girder supporting the roof of a mine tunnel.
    Sense id: en-horsehead-en-noun-7UBd~0FZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: horsehead fiddle, Horsehead Nebula

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for horsehead meaning in English (1.9kB)

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