hard hat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.
My enthusiasm wasn't exactly suppressed - my father had worked for British Rail's property department, and one of my earliest memories was walking around the forlorn buildings at Old Oak Common depot wearing his oversized BR hard hat.
2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 72:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hard hats | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hardhat | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
construction helmet · bump cap
Translations (52)
de Sicherheitshelm (construction helmet) · lv ķivere (construction helmet) · ru шлем-ка́ска (construction helmet) · fi kypärä (construction helmet) · ja ヘルメット (construction helmet) · pt capacete de segurança (construction helmet) · rm chapellina da protecziun (construction helmet) · fr casque (construction helmet) · da beskyttelseshjelm (construction helmet) · es casco (construction helmet) · nb vernehjelm (construction helmet) · cmn 安全帽 (construction helmet) · nl veiligheidshelm (construction helmet) · ca casc de protecció (construction helmet) · de Bauhelm (construction helmet) · es casco de construcción (construction helmet) · ru ка́ска (construction helmet) · ro cască (construction helmet) · fr casque de chantier (construction helmet) · ja 保護帽 (construction helmet) · be шало́м (construction helmet) · fa کاسک (construction helmet) · it elmetto di protezione (construction helmet) · ca casc de seguretat (construction helmet) · pl kask budowlany (construction helmet) · de Schutzhelm (construction helmet) · hak 安全帽 (construction helmet) · nn vernehjelm (construction helmet) · ja 安全帽 (construction helmet) · ru шлем (construction helmet) · sk prilba (construction helmet) · nan-hbl 安全帽 (construction helmet) · da sikkerhedshjelm (construction helmet) · be ка́ска (construction helmet) · tr baret (construction helmet) · sv skyddshjälm (construction helmet) · ro caschetă (construction helmet) · sv byggarbetarhjälm (construction helmet) · ko 안전모 (construction helmet) · cs přilba (construction helmet) · et ehituskiiver (construction helmet) · fi työmaakypärä (construction helmet) · pl kask (construction helmet) · el κράνος ασφαλείας (construction helmet) · sl zaščitna čelada (construction helmet) · sw kofia ngumu (construction helmet) · gl casco (construction helmet) · pt capacete de proteção (construction helmet) · uk шоло́м (construction helmet) · hu védősisak (construction helmet) · yue 安全帽 (construction helmet) · uk ка́ска (construction helmet)