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witches' hats

witches' hats is the plural of witch's hat.

Meaning of witch's hat

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-...
  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.

Questions about witches' hats

What is witches' hats the plural of?
Witches' hats is the plural of witch's hat.

Words near witches' hats in the dictionary

  1. witches' brooms
  2. witches' butter
  3. witches' butters
  4. witches' cauldron
  5. witches' hair
  6. witches' hats
  7. witches' knickers
  8. witches' ladder
  9. witches' ladders
  10. witches' milk
  11. witches' Sabbat

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