couvre-chef — meaning in English

English meaning

• hat noun A covering worn on the head, often with a brim.
• headdress noun A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
• headgear noun Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, helmet, or hood.

Senses

couvre-chef is used for these senses in English:

• hat (headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
• head covering A covering for the head.
• headdress A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
• headgear (uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.

hat — full definition

1. noun A covering worn on the head, often with a brim.
2. noun A particular role, job, or responsibility a person takes on.
3. verb To put a hat on someone or something.

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