stephead

Questions about stephead

What does stephead mean?

stephead means "a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right".

How many syllables are in stephead?

stephead has 3 syllables and divides as ste-phe-ad under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for stephead?

Close synonyms include dropline, drop line, stepped line, stagger head, staggered head. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stephead a common word?

stephead is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.