PANAMA HAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Panama hat mean? 

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

1. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANAMA HAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boater; leghorn; Panama; Panama hat; sailor; skimmer; straw hat

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

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

 Context examples 

He was a tall, handsome, swarthy fellow, clad in a suit of grey flannel, with a Panama hat, a bristling black beard, and a great, aggressive hooked nose, and flourishing a cane as he walked.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)