Whitehead
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of comedo, manifesting as a small whitish bump of the skin due to retention of sebum and dead skin cells in a skin pore blocked by a thin layer of epithelium.
"Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom."
- 2 A form of self-propelling torpedo.
- 3 a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin wordnet
- 4 A species of passerine bird, endemic to New Zealand (Mohoua albicilla).
- 5 The blue-winged snow goose, Anser caerulescens caerulescens.
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- 6 The surf scoter duck.
- 7 A domestic pigeon of a particular breed; a white-tailed monk.
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place name:; A small coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; a headland there is named White Head (Irish grid ref J 4791). countable, uncountable
- 3 A place name:; A rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Whitehead. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place name:; A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 5 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A place name:; A township in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Ruth knew that the whiteheads of her teenage acne were a temporary state of affairs, but that did nothing to quell her distress when an eruption hit just before prom."
Etymology
From white + head.
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