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headrest

headrest

7 2.2
A soft pad on a seat that holds your head
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌrɛst/
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  • As she relaxed in the car, her head rested comfortably against the headrest.
  • headrest pad
  • wheelchair headrest
  • headrest system

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Examples

  • Failure of the plywood occurred when the headrest did not absorb the energy through its own deformation.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The procedure developed to evaluate the headrests gave informative and repeatable results.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In a true impact situation, our headrest does all the work.

  • Now guys have those in their headrests, but back then, it was a big deal.

  • Finally, with both hands, he reaches behind his head and yanks the headrest from the seat.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The goal was to evaluate the headrests according to current clinical use and practice.

    Academic text (1996)
  • We were able to run all these materials on the headrest and we took over 40Gs of that impact level out of that type of accident.

  • Cornelius shut his eyes, his head slumped back against the headrest of his chair.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Cullen had leaned back onto the headrest and would be asleep within seconds.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The tests performed calculated the energy associated with a critical deformation of the headrest under quasi-static conditions.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

head restraint
vsheadrest
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A padded support on top of a car seat that holds the head and reduces neck injury in a crash

is a padded support for resting and giving comfort in seats

How Comfortable

pillow
451 1.0
headrest
7 2.2

Surface Forms

headrest singular
headrests plural

Morphology

headrest = head + rest (transparent) = head + rest

A clear compound: 'head' + 'rest' denotes a support for the head and is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

The word headrest is made from the simple parts head and rest, where rest means 'to relax'. So a headrest is the soft support on a seat where you can rest your head for comfort and safety.