Home › Words › H › headframeheadframeheadframe means the structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, headframe ranks #16,012 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom head + frame.nounthe structure supporting machinery above the entrance to an underground mineshaft.e.g.“CBC: Yellowknife vote saves Robertson Headframe for now”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.headstock 75% match — A headframe. vs headframe →pithead 68% match — The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine. vs headframe →mineshaft 66% match — A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined. vs headframe →hoistroom 61% match — A space at the top of a mineshaft that holds the elevator to lift humans and equipment using a pulley and cable. vs headframe →heapstead 61% match — The elevated framework of wood or iron at bank, to the top of which the pit is continued above the surface, to provide the necessary height to pass the coals over the skreens into the wagons. vs headframe →lofthead 57% match — An overhead cavity in a cave or mineshaft caused by a fall of roof. vs headframe →crossheading 56% match — A narrow opening for ventilation driven through coal or rock, separating the two passages. vs headframe →headblock 56% match — In a sawmill carriage, a cross-block on which the head of the log rests. vs headframe →