felt hat

Examples

• All

• A black felt hat was pushed over her brow to make space for her knot at the back.

  Fiction book (1993)

• He's the fellow with the light green felt hat.

  42nd Street (1933)

• When last seen, was wearing dark felt hat, overcoat.

  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

• The father still wore his bandless felt hat.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Charlotte enters, wearing a peasant dress and felt hat, looking pretty, pale, and excited.

  Fiction book (2000)

• A very old gentleman with a felt hat and a cane steps out and stares at us, enthralled.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Like an undertaker, he wore a gray suit, a black overcoat, leather gloves, and a gray felt hat.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The German would bang the piano shut, rise unsteadily, and clap his stained broad-brimmed felt hat onto his head.

  Fiction book (1996)

• His lean face is shaded from the sun overhead by a round felt hat with a wide brim, dun-colored like the land around, old and crumpled.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The detective wore a dark fedora, a classic felt hat that completed his mysterious look.

Synonyms

H

hat

vsfelt hat

∞ 1.0

A shaped covering for the head with a brim worn for warmth, protection, or style

is the specific type made from a pressed material usually with a creased crown

F

fedora

vsfelt hat

122 5.3

A soft felt hat with a crease on top and a brim

is the common type that is not limited to a lengthwise crease

C

cowboy hat

vsfelt hat

• US

30 1.7

A hat with a wide brim and a tall top often worn by cowboys

is the style made from the soft pressed material not tied to western culture

S

Stetson

vsfelt hat

• US

9 5.4

A wide-brimmed hat with a high creased crown often worn by cowboys

is used more generally rather than for that western regional tradition

B

bowler

vsfelt hat

8 6.7

A hard round hat with a narrow brim worn by men

focuses on a creased crown rather than a rounded uncreased shape

B

bowler hat

vsfelt hat

3 5.1

A hard round hat with a small brim worn by men

is defined by a creased crown instead of a hard rounded top

H

homburg

vsfelt hat

• Archaic

1 9.5

A formal felt hat for men with a narrow brim and a crease in the top

is the general version rather than a formal, specific style

T

trilby

vsfelt hat

1 8.4

A soft felt hat with a narrow brim and a deep dip on top

is the general head covering usually with a simpler creased crown

C

cavalier hat

vsfelt hat

• Archaic

9.9

A soft felt head covering with a wide flexible brim and a long feather

is the general modern style rather than an ornate historical one

How Warm

fur hat

3 1.3

felt hat

1 2.4

baseball cap

45 1.2

straw hat

14 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology