Definitions for headdress

headdress head·dress

Spelling: [hed-dres]
IPA: /ˈhɛdˌdrɛs/

Headdress is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 282 anagrams from letters in headdress (addeehrss).

Definitions for headdress

noun

  1. a covering or decoration for the head:
  2. a style or manner of arranging the hair.

Origin of headdress

First recorded in 1695-1705; head + dress

Examples for headdress

Her beige niqab (a conservative Islamic headdress that shows only the eyes) was stained from hours of crying.

But some fashion-conscious Sikhs are reclaiming the individuality of their headdress.

The headdress must not be raised to ladies, but they must be given the military salute.

In 2007, a Dorset man brought a lawn statute featuring a recognizable Egyptian headdress to an expert for evaluation.

Instruction in use of signals; use of headdress, etc., in making signals.

Gbowee shook her head—wrapped, as usual, in a colorful African headdress —and sighed.

He gave a final touch to the headdress and the buffalo robe.

In the absence of signal flags the headdress or other substitute may be used.

Fleetfoot wished that he could have a headdress and take part in the dance.

He said he thought it “seemed right” to put his “sailors” in the headdress after seeing images of Sikh turbans.

Word Value for headdress
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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