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dunce hats

dunce hats is the plural of dunce hat.

Meaning of dunce hat

Noun

dunce hat (plural dunce hats)

  1. (historical) A conical hat that a school pupil is made to wear to indicate that he/she is a dunce.
  2. The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.
    Synonyms:
    dunce cap

Questions about dunce hats

What is dunce hats the plural of?
Dunce hats is the plural of dunce hat.

Words near dunce hats in the dictionary

  1. Duncanville
  2. dunce
  3. dunce cap
  4. dunce caps
  5. dunce hat
  6. dunce hats
  7. dunce's cap
  8. duncedom
  9. duncehead
  10. dunceheads
  11. duncehood

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