the part of the body above the neck which contains the face and the brain
most important; chief
Cases of word usage
1) at the head of a convent or nunnery (abbess)
2) at the head of an abbey or monastery (abbot)
3) (of a man) having no or not much hair on the head (bald)
4) to cut off the head of (a person) as a punishment (behead)
5) the head of staff in a rich household (butler)
6) (a kind of) vegetable with a round head or green or red leaves (cabbage)
7) the detachable head of the device holding the stylus, which picks up sound on a record-player (cartridge)
8) the red flap of skin, like a comb, on a cock's head (cockscomb)
9) the bony part of the head enclosing the brain (cranium)
10) a tall growth of feathers on a bird's head (crest)