Headstroke
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headstroke is a noun meaning A horizontal line at the top of a letter such as F or T.
Meaning
A horizontal line at the top of a letter such as F or T.
More Meanings
- (linguistics) In some language scripts, a line written over the letters of a word.
Example Sentences
The distinguishing feature of Oriya letters is the curved headstroke instead of the straight horizontal headstroke of Devanagari, Bengali, and Gurmukhi.
Word Forms
- headstrokes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stroke, stem, hairline, letterhead, matra, downstroke.
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