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headdress Definition

head·dress (heddres′)

noun

  1. a covering or decoration for the head
  2. a style of arranging the hair; coiffure

headdress Synonyms

headdress

n.

headdress Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • feather: From civil war helmets to feathered headdresses from the Amazon.
  • wear: The head wears a narrow oblong headdress on the flat top of its head.
  • make: The girls were wearing headdresses made out of flowers.
  • have: He has six arms, carries weapons and a body, has a headdress of skulls, and tramples a corpse.
  • fetch: I didn't think anyone had drunk *too* much until Steve's mom came down from the bathroom wearing this very fetching Chinese headdress!
  • carve: Both pillars are topped by identical pillar swallowing heads with ornately carved headdresses.

Adjective modifier

  • elaborate: The head is indistinct but has an elaborate headdress or helmet, but the flared jeans somehow look very modern.
  • Indian: The kids can try their hand at cactus lassoing and horse shoe throwing as well as making their own Indian headdress.
  • irresistible: Jul 2003 Kosibah Creations announces alliance partner Irresistible Headdresses.
  • floral: Short Hair - Step by Step All you will need for this style is a floral headdress that you really like.
  • horned: In this case, the peg is supported by a god ( Mesopotamian gods are usually depicted wearing horned headdresses ).

Modifies a noun

ornament: The ornament may have been part of a set of dress or headdress ornaments.

Noun used with modifier

  • feather: In Mexico City Behind a pane of glass Sits a feather headdress Of unnatural beauty.
  • style: Image: Medieval carving of a women wearing a wimple style headdress.
  • lapis-lazuli: He fastened a lapis-lazuli beard to the high plain, and made it wear a lapis-lazuli headdress.
  • butterfly: Elizabeth is portrayed sporting an excellent example of the butterfly headdress.

Possessives

woman: The women's headdresses were also long and pointed.

Preposition: of

emperor: Enter a codename for yourself Question 01: Where is the famous headdress of the emperor Moctezuma II kept today?