sun visor
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2.3
- noun
- /sʌn ˈvaɪzər/
:
parasol
- She pulls the sun visor down to arrange her platinum blond wig in the mirror and put on fresh lipstick.
- flip down the sun visor
- pull down the sun visor
We may bring down the sun visor or put on sunglasses and in most cases we slow down.
- We may bring down the sun visor or put on sunglasses and in most cases we slow down.
Examples
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Lefty, nervous, pulls down the sun visor.
Fiction book (1997) -
His head was a green helmet; his eyes were covered by a sun visor.
Fiction book (1999) -
Frank put down the sun visor.
Fiction book (1993) -
Pull the mirror down on the sun visor.
Fiction book (1990) -
I have a letter from my parents attached to the sun visor of my car that I read when I need motivation.
Blog text (10) -
I'd flip the sun visor down and gaze up at myself in the mirror.
Fiction book (2002) -
Val flips down the truck's sun visor.
Fiction book (1990) -
He pulled down the Cortina's sun visor, took a pen from his coat pocket, and scrawled 'To The Lab.'
Fiction book (1991) -
As the bright sun shone through the windshield, she quickly pulled down the sun visor to shield her eyes.
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He adjusted the sun visor to block the glare while driving on the highway.
Synonyms
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2.5
A stiff front part of a cap or helmet that shades the eyes from the sun
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2.0
A piece of material you pull down to block light or give privacy at a window
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2.1
A cover that gives shade from the sun
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6.4
A cloth screen that blocks strong sunlight
A hat or helmet that has no visor
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'visor' for the 'sun'—a device that shades or blocks sunlight—so the overall sense is immediately derivable from the constituent words. This compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g. sunshade/sunvisor equivalents), so a B1 learner who knows 'sun' and 'visor' will readily understand it.
Etymology
Sun visor names the flap above a car's front window that you fold down to stop bright sunlight. The words create a clear image: a visor for the sun, so it means 'a shade you use to block sunlight'.