headdress Definition
head·dress (hed′dres′)
noun
- a covering or decoration for the head
- a style of arranging the hair; coiffure
headdress Synonyms
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?
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