hat

noun

ˈhat How to pronounce hat (audio)
Definition of hatnext
as in cap
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown in those days, no properly dressed person left home without a hat

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Recent Examples of hat But Gyllenhaal also tipped her hat to Venice for selecting her as the event’s jury chief this year. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 New ballpark will help Michael Miller, the owner of The Missing Piece, a hat store, has also been doing business at Crown Center for 20 years. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Lainey Wilson has joined forces with Charlie 1 Horse hats for a new collection of fun, festive Western hats any cowgirl would love to lasso. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 The outfit was topped with a favorite chocolate brown hat by Lock & Co. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hat
  1. cap
  2. helmet
  3. chapeau
  4. headdress
  5. headgear
Noun
  • Mid-cap companies are also investing more in building new capacity, Nitin Bhasin, head of institutional equities at Ambit Capital, told CNBC.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The video shows Bellin in a hot pink swim cap and swim shirt holding her swim goggles covered in blood.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of cap
Noun
  • The score was so lopsided by the ninth inning that utility player Kiké Hernández took the mound to finish the game — but without his signature pitching helmet.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Those white helmets will look quite natural for the IMG Academy QB.
    — Jeff Sentell, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of helmet
Noun
  • The ensemble included a billowing white coat with a high neckline collar and a coordinated chapeau with birdcage netting.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 May 2026
  • Additionally, the chapeau has something of a history with Vogue itself, having been featured in a February 1995 editorial from British Vogue, and an image from World of Interiors in 2009.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 6 May 2026
Definition of chapeau
Noun
  • There’s a unique headdress logo on the tank that will remind you of the one Indian used on its bikes in the 30s and 40s.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Besides teaching, Janice Minabe offers costume workshops and designs her daughter’s competition wear, including the towering headdress, which is likened to balancing a small floral garden on top of the skull.
    — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of headdress
Noun
  • Paramount Great Again hat, but didn’t expect the mischievous executive to turn up in Edinburgh wearing the headgear.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Two more are in a boxing ring, dressed in red and black headgear, punching and kicking each other in a kickboxing match.
    — Anna Coren, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of headgear

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