Liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:

• a head including a nozzle surface on which a nozzle is opened;
• a guide member extending to a scanning direction;
• and
• a carriage holding the head in a removable manner and configured to move in the scanning direction while being guided by the guide member, wherein
• the head is configured to make contact with the guide member, is located upstream of the guide member in a removal direction from the carriage, and includes a contact part configured to face the guide member in the removal direction,
• the guide member includes a cutout,
• the contact part faces a portion in the guide member where the cutout is not formed in a case that the carriage is located in a first position, and faces the cutout in a case that the carriage is located in a second position different from the first position in the scanning direction, and
• in a case that a load of a vertical component of the nozzle surface is applied to the head and that the carriage is located in the first position, the guide member is configured to make contact with the contact part of the head to receive the load applied to the head.