top hat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- A man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).
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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 14, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 276:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| top hats | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tophat | alternative | lexicographic | |
| top-hat | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
top-hat pension · top-hat transform · top-hatted · top-hatting · top-hat plan · top-hatless
Synonyms
Translations (49)
de Zylinder (cylindrical hat) · fi silinteri (cylindrical hat) · tr silindir şapka (cylindrical hat) · es galera (cylindrical hat) · da cylinderhat (cylindrical hat) · hu cilinder (cylindrical hat) · nl hogehoed (cylindrical hat) · ko 탑햇 (cylindrical hat) · ja シルク ハット (cylindrical hat) · nl tophoed (cylindrical hat) · is pípuhattur (cylindrical hat) · et silinderkübar (cylindrical hat) · ja トップハット (cylindrical hat) · eo cilindra ĉapelo (cylindrical hat) · nrf toppeur (cylindrical hat) · cmn 高頂絲質禮帽 /高顶丝质礼帽 (cylindrical hat) · es gabina (cylindrical hat) · pt cartola (cylindrical hat) · nrf bill-toppeur (cylindrical hat) · ko 실크해트 (cylindrical hat) · is stromphattur (cylindrical hat) · fr hauteforme (cylindrical hat) · et silinder (cylindrical hat) · it cilindro (cylindrical hat) · sv cylinderhatt (cylindrical hat) · fi silinterihattu (cylindrical hat) · nl cilinderhoed (cylindrical hat) · es (monosemic) bimba (cylindrical hat) · bg цилиндър (cylindrical hat) · et torukübar (cylindrical hat) · ca barret de copa (cylindrical hat) · uk цилі́ндр (cylindrical hat) · el ημίψηλο (cylindrical hat) · cy het silc (cylindrical hat) · es sombrero de copa alta (cylindrical hat) · fr haut-de-forme (cylindrical hat) · mk цили́ндар (cylindrical hat) · ar قبعة علوية (cylindrical hat) · es sombrero de copa (cylindrical hat) · da høj hat (cylindrical hat) · ga hata ard (cylindrical hat) · es chistera (cylindrical hat) · he מִגְבַּעַת (cylindrical hat) · cmn 大禮帽 /大礼帽 (cylindrical hat) · yi צילינדער (cylindrical hat) · pl cylinder (cylindrical hat) · ru цили́ндр (cylindrical hat) · da kakkelovnsrør (cylindrical hat) · vi mũ chóp cao (cylindrical hat)