crosshead

English Thesaurus

1. metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	block,
definition	:	a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	steam engine,
definition	:	external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder (noun.artifact)

2. a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	head, header, heading,
definition	:	a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about (noun.communication)