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# headrest

«headrest» in Mova's school dictionary: **The padded part at the top of a seat, for example in a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a headrest, headrests)

### meaning for a pupil

The padded part at the top of a seat, for example in a car, plane or chair, that supports the back of your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and road safety lessons car headrests protect your neck in a crash and should be at the right height. On planes and buses some headrests have screens on the back. Phrases: adjust the headrest, car headrest.

### examples

- Adjust the headrest so it is level with the top of your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/#x1)
- My little brother kicked the back of Dad's headrest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/#x2)
- The headrest protects your neck if the car stops suddenly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/#x3)
- The plane seat had a screen in the headrest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/#x4)
- I fell asleep against the headrest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/#x5)

### note

One word: head + rest. Plural: headrests. Safety: a headrest set too low does not protect your neck.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «headrest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headrest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.