picture hat
- noun
:
sombrero de ala ancha
- The bride chose a stunning picture hat to match her wedding dress, creating a dramatic look.
- wearing a picture hat
Examples
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"Standing in the bright sun, she puts on a pair of dark sunglasses and places a white straw picture hat on the back of her head, fixing it with a pearl hatpin.
Fiction book (1990) -
She wore a beautiful picture hat adorned with flowers to the garden party.
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She, too, wears a picture hat.
Fiction book (2000) -
I knew they would be standing outside in summer sunlight, she in her picture hat, he in his navy uniform.
Fiction book (1994) -
I do remember seeing myself, a lady in a grey suit and black picture hat, going in the glass revolving door.
Fiction book (1991) -
I bought a new pink dress and a matching picture hat with illusion netting and a tiny bumblebee nestled in the crown.
Fiction book (2000) -
I got to wear a white organdy dress with a pink satin sash, a picture hat, and little pearl earrings.
Fiction book (1997) -
Dixie possessed a pink picture hat, an amethyst bar pin, and a pair of electric curling irons.
Fiction book (1997) -
Lucille began to talk about the conflict that was raging around her wedding, about whether the bridesmaids should wear picture hats or wreaths of rosebuds.
Fiction book (1994) -
At the event, many women sported elegant picture hats that complemented their outfits.
Synonyms
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1.0
A shaped covering for the head with a brim worn for warmth, protection, or style
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1.4
A hat made for women that follows fashion
A hat with a wide edge that shades the face
A hat with a wide brim that protects your face and neck from the sun
How Fancy
Surface Forms
Morphology
While 'hat' is transparent, the modifier 'picture' (meaning 'image') does not directly or predictably indicate a wide-brimmed, elaborately decorated women's fashion hat; the specific fashion sense is a conventional label rather than a simple compositional meaning. Learners may infer a visual or decorative quality from 'picture' (partial cue), but the exact sense requires prior exposure, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The noun picture hat likely comes from the idea that a wide, decorated hat looked like it belonged in a picture such as a painting or early photo because it looked good there. So, the name now means a large, fancy woman's hat.