brim
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2.7
- noun
- /brɪm/
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- I had a snap-brim hat.
- hat brim
Ladies, get the wide brim hat off of your head.
- Ladies, get the wide brim hat off of your head.
- Since we're talking about hat brims, do you know the size of your own hat that you wear?
- And they both had these matching hats that were like a giant circle, like this big with a little tiny brim.
- I'm gonna start by making a flat pattern of the brim, because like when I flip it down, the brim needs to land on a good face section.
- This one sits a little high on the brim, if you know what I mean, but very humbling and very awesome to get such a gift from such a legend.
- But like the biggest flat brim brunch esque fedora ever.
- So when when I do the flat brim thing, it's too the whole thing's too round.
Examples
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The one that pushed me over, the main one, had a black baseball cap with a red brim.
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I actually think the brim of my hat kind of protected my face ultimately.
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Ladies, get the wide brim hat off of your head.
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Water ran from the brim of his hat onto his back.
Fiction book (1993) -
With her head down, the brim of her cap hid her face from him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Have your name stitched on the brim.
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Meyer peers out from under the brim of his black hat.
Fiction book (1991) -
His face was narrow and dark with shadow under the brim of his big rubber fireman's hat.
Fiction book (1991) -
Karl tugged the brim of his hat low over his forehead and walked toward them.
Fiction book (1991) -
The wide brim of her sun hat shielded her eyes from the bright light.
Synonyms
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5.3
The stiff front part of a cap that shades the eyes
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3.8
The front part of a hat that sticks out to shade the eyes
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8.8
The edge of a hat that can be turned up on one side and down on the other
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Etymology
The word brim also meant 'edge' or 'surf', so the hat brim is simply the projecting edge around the crown that shades your face, like the word rim which also means an edge.