broad-brimmed
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- adjective
- /brɔd brɪmd/
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- On a sunny day, I always wear my favorite broad-brimmed hat to protect my face from the sun.
- broad-brimmed hat
Examples
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I hope you're wearing a big broad-brimmed hat and good thick sunglasses.
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The hats for the men and boys are black and broad-brimmed.
Academic text (1996) -
Then he took off his broad-brimmed hat made of some kind of straw.
Fiction book (1990) -
A withered old woman in a yellow dress and a broad-brimmed yellow hat asks me for them back.
Fiction book (1998) -
The weather report said it was a bad UV day: I selected a broad-brimmed hat.
Fiction book (1995) -
No one was there but a large man in a broad-brimmed straw hat and a suit somewhat too small, who was standing behind a high desk, writing something.
Fiction book (1992) -
Over his shoulder, I saw the outside door open and a man enter clad in khaki bush clothing and a broad-brimmed hat.
Fiction book (1999) -
The bard removed his broad-brimmed hat and bowed grandly.
Fiction book (1992) -
Harkon Lukas led the hike, his broad-brimmed hat passing with odd ease through the thick growth.
Fiction book (1992) -
Removing his broad-brimmed hat, the bard shook his head and clucked, "No more trouble from him."
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
A hat with a wide brim that protects your face and neck from the sun
A hat with a wide edge that shades the face
A large, fancy women's hat with a wide brim and decorations
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broad-brimmed joins broad ('wide') and brim ('edge'), so imagine a hat with a wide edge sticking out. That's why a broad-brimmed hat is one with a 'wide edge' that gives extra shade.