headland
Americannoun
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a promontory extending into a large body of water.
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a strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence or border.
noun
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a narrow area of land jutting out into a sea, lake, etc
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a strip of land along the edge of an arable field left unploughed to allow space for machines
Etymology
Origin of headland
before 1000; Middle English hedeland, Old English hēafodland. See head, land
Vocabulary lists containing headland
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Example Sentences
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A handwritten label indicated she had been found near the Beachy Head headland sometime in the 1950s, but little additional information was available.
From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026
A lover of the outdoors, Mr Batcock had asked his family to put the bench up on headland at Bull Bay on Anglesey.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025
Perhaps he deserves the title “the father of smog,” for he called the place “the bay of smokes,” probably from the signal fires the Native Americans built atop the headland.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
A rust-colored dome looms over the muddy farmland of Hinkley Point, a headland overlooking the Bristol Channel in southwest England.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
He wandered along to the right, past hotels with awnings over brightly lit entrances and bougainvillea flowering beside them, until he came to the gardens on the little headland.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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