headrest

English

Headrest

Etymology

From head +‎ rest.

Pronunciation

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Noun

headrest (plural headrests)

1. The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.
   • 2008 April 9, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.

Hyponyms

• head restraint

Translations

part of a seat

• Catalan: reposacaps m
• Dutch: hoofdsteun (nl) m
• Finnish: päänoja
• French: appui-tête (fr) m, repose-tête (fr) m
• Galician: repousacabezas m
• German: Kopflehne (de) f, Kopfstütze (de) f, Kopfauflage f, Kopfstütze des Dentalstuhls (dental chair), Kopfstütze mit Backen f (with side pads)
• Greek: αποκούμπι (el) n (apokoúmpi)
• Italian: poggiatesta m
• Polish: zagłówek (pl) m
• Russian: подголовник (ru) m (podgolovnik)
• Spanish: reposacabezas (es) m, apoyacabezas m

Further reading

• headrest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• deathers, heardest