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top hat

top hat noun: a man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).

top hat: a man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk)
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Noun

top hat (plural top hats)

  1. A man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).
  2. A kind of steel batten.
    • The car body is a light steel shell fabricated by welding from top-hat, channel, and Z sections.1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276

top hat meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

top hat in Arabic

cylindrical hat
قبعة علوية

top hat in Vietnamese

cylindrical hat
mũ chóp cao

Synonyms of top hat

Forms of top hat

pluraltop hats
alternative formtop-hat
alternative formtophat

Words formed from top hat

Questions about top hat

What does top hat mean?
Top hat means a man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).
What is top hat in Arabic?
Top hat in Arabic is قبعة علوية. See Top hat meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is top hat?
Top hat is a noun.
What is the plural of top hat?
The plural of top hat is top hats.

Words near top hat in the dictionary

  1. top gears
  2. top gun
  3. top guns
  4. top hand
  5. top hands
  6. top hat
  7. top hats
  8. top ho
  9. top hoes
  10. top hole
  11. top it all

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