sombrero

Noun

sombrero (plural sombreros)

1. A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
   • Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 135
   • `Hey listen Pancho, take your hands off me or I'll stick your sombrero up your Khyber.'1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 42
2. A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
3. A series of four consecutive strikes.
4. (obsolete) An umbrella.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sombrero

IPA/sʌmˈbɹɛ.ɹəʊ/

Sombrero

1. An island of Anguilla.

   Synonyms:

   Hat Island

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sombrero

Sombrero

1. A sitio in the barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.
   • The site contained the agreement areas and facilities no longer needed by the NPC and PSALM and excluded in the privatization of the Ambuklao Plant in Sitio Sombrero managed and maintained by indigenous peoples.2016 September 9, Vanessa Kate F. Madrazo, “More areas eyed as Benguet heritage site”, in SunStar, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2026