Words Like CROSSHEAD

We have put together a list of words that are similar to CROSSHEAD.

5 Alternative Words Similar to crosshead

1 Crossheading Noun      Synonym Words Like Crossheading
2 Block Noun      Synonym Words Like Block
3 Head Noun      Synonym Words Like Head
4 Header Noun      Synonym Words Like Header
5 Heading Noun      Synonym Words Like Heading

6 definitions of crosshead

1 A person whose skull is marked with the crossed coronal and sagittal sutures; a skull so marked.
2 In mechan., a beam or rod stretching across the top of something; specifically, the bar at the end of a piston-rod of a steam-engine, which slides on ways or guides fixed to the bed or frame of the engine, and connects the piston-rod with the connecting-rod, or with a sliding journal-box moving in the cross-head itself.
3 In printing, same as cross-heading.
4 A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine
5 metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth
6 a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
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