SILK HAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silk hat mean? 

• SILK HAT (noun)
  The noun SILK HAT has 1 sense:

1. a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

  Familiarity information: SILK HAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILK HAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beaver; dress hat; high hat; opera hat; silk hat; stovepipe; top hat; topper

Hypernyms ("silk hat" is a kind of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

man's clothing (clothing that is designed for men to wear)

 Context examples 

He had evidently been schooling himself as to all sorts of little things, and remembered them; but he almost managed to sit down on his silk hat, which men don't generally do when they are cool, and then when he wanted to appear at ease he kept playing with a lancet in a way that made me nearly scream.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)