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 The hats become available Tuesday exclusively at Threads at Truist Park. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Good Salt Restaurant Group’s Jason Chin is happy to put down his planning hat for a spell and cheer on the chefs. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Graves wore American flag pants and a Freedom 250 shirt and hat. — Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 Her hats start at around 50 euros, with elaborate designs costing more than 100 euros. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hat
  1. cap
  2. helmet
  3. chapeau
  4. headdress
  5. headgear
Noun
  • Options considered during the analysis included drilling holes in the existing piles and adding more steel inside, or widening the pile caps so more piles could be added on the outside.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Rate caps limit how much an ARM's interest rate can increase at each adjustment and over the life of the loan.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cap
Noun
  • The team released a video introducing the white uniform featuring Honolulu Blue and black designs, along with a blue helmet.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Anyone can go to the brick-and-mortar store at Northwest Stadium or online and buy, for example, an Art Monk T-shirt bearing the Pro Football Hall Fame receiver's likeness in his old uniform and in his Redskins helmet.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 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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