jälkiosa — meaning in English

English meaning

• head noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
• headword noun The word an entry is listed under in a reference work such as a dictionary or thesaurus.
• tail noun The flexible appendage extending from the rear of an animal's body.

Senses

jälkiosa is used for these senses in English:

• head (linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
• headword A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
• tail The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.

head — full definition

1. noun The part of the body containing the brain, eyes, and mouth.
2. noun A person in charge; a leader.
3. verb To be in charge of, or to move in a particular direction.
4. adj Chief or foremost in rank.

headword — full definition

1. noun The word an entry is listed under in a reference work such as a dictionary or thesaurus.
2. noun In grammar, the main word of a phrase.

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