ALL meanings of pressure head
pres·sure head
P p - noun pressure head the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 1
- noun pressure head the corresponding part of the body in other animals. 1
- noun pressure head the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain: She has a good head for mathematics. Keep a cool head in an emergency. 1
- noun pressure head the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor. 1
- noun pressure head a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief. 1
- noun pressure head a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.: wise heads; crowned heads. 1
- noun pressure head that part of anything that forms or is regarded as forming the top, summit, or upper end: head of a pin; head of a page. 1
- noun pressure head the foremost part or front end of anything or a forward projecting part: head of a procession. 1
- noun pressure head the part of a weapon, tool, etc., used for striking: the head of a hammer. 1
- noun pressure head a person or animal considered merely as one of a number, herd, or group: ten head of cattle; a dinner at $20 a head. 1
- noun pressure head a culminating point, usually of a critical nature; crisis or climax: to bring matters to a head. 1
- noun pressure head the hair covering the head: to wash one's head. 1
- noun pressure head froth or foam at the top of a liquid: the head on beer. 1
- noun pressure head Botany. any dense flower cluster or inflorescence. any other compact part of a plant, usually at the top of the stem, as that composed of leaves in the cabbage or lettuce, of leafstalks in the celery, or of flower buds in the cauliflower. 1
- noun pressure head the maturated part of an abscess, boil, etc. 1
- noun pressure head a projecting point of a coast, especially when high, as a cape, headland, or promontory. 1
- noun pressure head the obverse of a coin, as bearing a head or other principal figure (opposed to tail). 1
- noun pressure head one of the chief parts or points of a written or oral discourse; a main division of a subject, theme, or topic. 1
- noun pressure head something resembling a head in form or a representation of a head, as a piece of sculpture. 1
- noun pressure head the source of a river or stream. 1
- noun pressure head Slang. a habitual user of a drug, especially LSD or marijuana (often used in combination): feds versus the heads; an acid-head; a pothead. a fan or devotee (usually used in combination): a punk-rock head; a chili head. 1
- noun pressure head heads, Distilling. alcohol produced during the initial fermentation. Compare tail1 (def 6d). 1
- noun pressure head headline. 1
- noun pressure head a toilet or lavatory, especially on a boat or ship. 1
- noun pressure head Nautical. the forepart of a vessel; bow. the upper edge of a quadrilateral sail. the upper corner of a jib-headed sail. that part of the upper end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by a spar above; a doubling at the upper end of a spar. that part of the upper end of a mast between the highest standing rigging and the truck. crown (def 29). 1
- noun pressure head Grammar. the member of an endocentric construction that belongs to the same form class and may play the same grammatical role as the construction itself. the member upon which another depends and to which it is subordinate. In former presidents, presidents is head and former is modifier. 1
- noun pressure head the stretched membrane covering the end of a drum or similar musical instrument. 1
- noun pressure head Mining. a level or road driven into solid coal for proving or working a mine. 1
- noun pressure head Machinery. any of various devices on machine tools for holding, moving, indexing, or changing tools or work, as the headstock or turret of a lathe. 1
- noun pressure head Railroads. railhead (def 3). 1
- noun pressure head (loosely) the pressure exerted by confined fluid: a head of steam. 1
- noun pressure head Also called pressure head. Hydraulics. the vertical distance between two points in a liquid, as water, or some other fluid. the pressure differential resulting from this separation, expressed in terms of the vertical distance between the points. the pressure of a fluid expressed in terms of the height of a column of liquid yielding an equivalent pressure. 1
- noun pressure head Also called magnetic head. Electronics. the part or parts of a tape recorder that record, play back, or erase magnetic signals on magnetic tape. Compare erasing head, playback head, recording head. 1
- noun pressure head Computers. read/write head. 1
- noun pressure head Photography. a mounting for a camera, as on a tripod. the part of an enlarger that contains the light source, negative carrier, lensboard, and lens. 1
- noun pressure head Slang: Vulgar. fellatio or cunnilingus. 1