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# headscarf

«headscarf» in Mova's school dictionary: **A piece of cloth worn over the head and often tied under…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a headscarf, headscarves or headscarfs)

### meaning for a pupil

A piece of cloth worn over the head and often tied under the chin or at the back, to cover the hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and religious education people wear headscarves for warmth, fashion, sun protection or religious reasons; for example, many Muslim women and girls wear a hijab, a kind of headscarf. Lessons on respect teach that people choose different clothes for their faith and culture.

### examples

- Granny wore a headscarf on windy days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#x1)
- My friend wears a headscarf to school as part of her faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#x2)
- She tied a colourful headscarf over her hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#x3)
- The farmer's wife wore a headscarf in the old photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#x4)
- Headscarves come in many colours and patterns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#x5)
- Put on a headscarf to keep the sun off your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headscarf/#x6)

### note

Plural: «headscarves» (more common) or «headscarfs». Like «scarf → scarves», «f» often changes to «ves». It is respectful not to touch or comment rudely on someone's headscarf.

### In the corpora

- [Religious clothing like a headscarf, turban or kippah is important to the people who wear it, so treat it as normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/226-compliments-and-respecting-differences/15/)
- [A boy says something rude about Aziza's mum's headscarf.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/32/)
- [Mocking someone's religion or clothes, like a headscarf, is bullying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/524-wheres-your-dad-questions-and-cruel-jokes/52/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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