Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A scarf worn over or around the head, often folded and tied.
Wiktionary
- n. A more or less square piece of material worn over the head by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a kerchief worn over the head and tied under the chin
Examples
“A third photo shows a soldier posing in what appears to be a Palestinian kitchen where a women wearing a headscarf is cooking.”
Voice of America: Photos Show Israel Soldiers' Alleged Misconduct
“Heba Abbasi, 31, a faithful young Muslim in her snug black headscarf, is a Chicago inner-city public school teacher, a fitness trainer, a Palestinian-American wife with an equally observant mosque-going Indian-American husband.”
“On the one hand, the Directorate promotes the idea that the headscarf is a religious obligation.”
The Huffington Post: Roger Friedland: Islam, Gender And Democracy In Turkey
““The headscarf is a symbol of purity and worth,” says Malika Omarova, head of the Union of Chechen Women in Grozny.”
Voice of America: Women Live in Fear During Chechnya's Islamic Revival
“CLEVELAND RNS Northeast Ohio native Suhad Hasan says neither her Muslim faith nor her headscarf should be an issue where she works.”
The Huffington Post: Workplace Religious Discrimination Complaints Double Over 10 Years
“She said using the headscarf was a way of covering up a bad hair day.”
“But now, “the headscarf is a symbol of purity and worth,” says Malika Omarova, head of theUnion of Chechen Women in Grozny.”
Voice of America: Amid Chechnya's Islamic Revival, Some Women Live in Fear
“The ban, issued Sunday by the Education Ministry, does not affect the hijab, or headscarf, which is far more common in Syria than the niqab's billowing black robes.”
The Huffington Post: Syria Bans Full Islamic Veils At Universities
“He says husbands and fathers often assert their familial dominance by insisting that wives and daughters wear the headscarf, which is seen as a political statement in support of the government.”
“The importance of allowing the headscarf, which is hardly a dagger, is to show that we will not equate being religious with being violent.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘headscarf’.
-
hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
-
Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
-
What Keeps Your Ears Apart?
A sort of stuffie of words/phrases that include "head"
head of cattle, out of one's head, head of the stairs, come to a head, head of steam, head of the page, win by a head, head taller, headway, fountainhead, heads or tails, hit the nail on t... and 143 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for headscarf.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.