straw hat
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1.3
- noun
- /strɔː hæt/
:
sombrero de paja
- She wore a stylish straw hat to protect herself from the sunny weather.
- a large straw hat
Imagine this with a straw hat that fits my pea head.
- Imagine this with a straw hat that fits my pea head.
Examples
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He's got a straw hat and a farmer's tan.
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Taking off his straw hat, he threw it into the front seat over his shoulder.
Fiction book (1991) -
Was he the one in the straw hat?
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And what become of her new straw hat that should have come to me?
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- I can see you out in your garden, with some old book or another, wearing that big straw hat, summer dress.
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And we were walking down a street and the straw hat blew off.
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I had a little tan suit on, with little white gloves and a little straw hat.
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In summer, the men wear straw hats, and their coats for religious services are generally black.
Academic text (1996) -
The sun caressed his black straw hat as I snapped several photographs.
Academic text (2004) -
Rebecca stared pensively out the window at band uniforms and a sea of straw hats and parasols.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
13
8.1
A stiff straw hat with a flat top worn in summer or with a uniform
2
3.8
A light wide-brimmed straw hat people wear to protect from the sun
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7.8
A stiff straw hat with a flat top and narrow brim worn in summer
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1.0
A hat with a wide brim that protects your face and neck from the sun
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9.9
A stiff straw hat with a flat crown and flat brim worn in summer
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9.9
A straw hat with a flat top and a stiff brim
A light straw hat with a flat top and a wide brim worn in warm weather
A hat with a wide brim that protects your face and neck from the sun
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Morphology
The meaning 'a hat made from straw' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'straw' (dried cereal stalks) with 'hat' (a head covering). This simple noun–noun compounding pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward descriptive logic, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Straw hat gets its name from the simple idea that a hat is woven from straw. Farmers and gardeners wore these light hats to keep the sun off their faces, so today the term means a light, woven hat used to 'protect from the sun'.