Defenition of the word headland

• Defenition of the word headland

  • A strip of land left at the end of a furrow in a field in order to facilitate the turning of the plough.
  • A cape or promontory jutting seawards from a coastline, usually with a significant sea cliff.
  • A piece of land extending into water.
  • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that just out into the sea)
  • a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

Synonyms for the word headland

• • bluff
  • cape
  • cliff
  • foreland
  • peninsula
  • promontory

Similar words in the headland

• • headland
  • headland's
  • headlands

Hyponyms for the word headland

• • Abila
  • Abyla
  • Calpe
  • Cape Canaveral
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Cape Horn
  • Cape Kennedy
  • Cape Sable
  • Gibraltar
  • Jebel Musa
  • mull
  • point
  • Rock of Gibraltar

Hypernyms for the word headland

• • elevation
  • natural elevation

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