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witch's hat

witch's hat noun: hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe. Also the alternative form of witch hat.

witch's hat: hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe
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Noun

witch's hat (plural witches' hats)

  1. Hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe.
    Synonyms:
    conical wax cap, conical slimy cap
  2. (Australia) A traffic cone.
    • The applicant may need to reserve the parking spaces by the placement of witches hats or by arranging with businesses/clients on the day.2018 January, “Standard Conditions for On-street (Temporary) Parking Permit”, in City of Newcastle^(https://web.archive.org/web/20230128192259/https://newcastle.nsw.gov.au/getattachment/Council/Forms-...
    • Killara residents are fed up with picking up fallen witches hats on Stanhope Road.2017 April 6, Rebecca Parish, “No agencies own up as Killara locals search for witches hats owner”, in The Daily Telegraph
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, hat.
    • We had finally found the witch, who was wearing a green top hat that seemed a bit out of place. As she looked up towards us, the wind blew the witch's hat off of the witch's head.

Also used as

witch's hat is also the alternative form of witch hat.

Synonyms of witch's hat

  • conical wax cap
  • conical slimy cap

Forms of witch's hat

pluralwitches' hats

Origin of witch's hat

From their conical shape, resembling the hats that witches are popularly believed to have worn.

Questions about witch's hat

What does witch's hat mean?
Witch's hat means hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe.
What part of speech is witch's hat?
Witch's hat is a noun.
What is the plural of witch's hat?
The plural of witch's hat is witches' hats.

Words near witch's hat in the dictionary

  1. witch's butters
  2. witch's egg
  3. witch's eggs
  4. witch's fire
  5. witch's hair
  6. witch's hat
  7. witch's horse
  8. witch's knot
  9. witch's ladder
  10. witch's ladders
  11. witch's milk

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