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Synonyms for headframe

  • noun

Most common

pit frame winding tower hoist frame gallows frame headgear headstock shafthead frame

All synonyms

Noun

pit frame, winding tower, hoist frame, gallows frame, headgear, headstock, shafthead frame

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    the structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft.

    CBC: Yellowknife vote saves Robertson Headframe for now

Forms

Plural
headframes → headgears, headstocks…

Example sentences

  • headgear A society that bans religious headgear is not free.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
headframefalling
headgearrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
headgear2
9 letters
headstock

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (headgear2 = 2 syllables).