sun hat
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1.0
- noun
- /sʌn hæt/
:
sombrero de sol
- She wore a sun hat to protect her face from the hot sunlight during the beach picnic.
- wear sun hats
- floppy sun hat
- straw sun hat
Examples
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Uncle Claude would scold her for removing her sun hat.
Fiction book (1998) -
Taking my sun hat off feels good, letting the hot sun dry the wet hair plastered to my head.
Blog text (30) -
So I have on my little sun hat that says be happy on the back, which I think is so cute.
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Here is my little fashion model in her sun hat.
Blog text (15) -
Rain is so rare that everybody is out to see it and feel it, protected only by their sun hats.
Fiction book (2001) -
But everyone, without exception, wore sun hats and protective glasses.
Fiction book (1990) -
One of the young men snatched her sun hat and disappeared into the bushes.
Blog text (21) -
I put on Aida's sun hat and tied its white ribbons beneath my chin.
Fiction book (1998) -
He wore khakis, a sun hat, and betrayed none of the hesitance of a first-time visitor.
Academic text (1990) -
The women wore straw sun hats and collected tea or rice, the men drove oxen or water buffalo across cultivated fields, and the barefoot children asked for pens and candy and wanted to pose for our cameras.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
30
1.7
A hat with a wide brim and a tall top often worn by cowboys
18
3.6
A hat with a wide brim and a tall crown that protects from the sun
14
1.3
A hat made of straw that protects the face from the sun
2
3.8
A light wide-brimmed straw hat people wear to protect from the sun
2
7.3
A light hard sun hat made from plant material to protect the head in hot places
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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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7.2
A hat with a wide brim that shades a woman's or girl's face from the sun
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7.3
A hat with a brim you can turn up or down
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
A lightweight hat made from thin plant material that protects you from the sun
A lightweight hat with a wide brim that protects the head and neck from the sun
A stiff hat with a wide brim and a front that sticks out often worn by church priests
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hat that shields from sunlight' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sun' (the source of sunlight) with 'hat' (a head covering). This straightforward noun-noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows predictable English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Sun hat joins sun and hat to make a clear picture: a hat with a wide brim that keeps the sun off your face. So it means 'a hat that protects the face from direct sunlight'.