Meanings
nounwitch hat (plural witch hats)
plural witch hats · alternative witch's hat
- A style of hat worn by witches in popular culture depictions, characterized by a conical crown and a wide brim.
Charlene had a witch hat she'd made out of papier-mâché, with silver glitter glued on it in the shape of stars. It was too good a hat to use just once, so on most Halloweens she was a witch.
2016, Kay Sloan, The Patron Saint of Red Chevys: A Novel, Open Road Media, →ISBN, page 91
Translations
Dutch heksenmuts
- heksenmutsstyle of hat worn by witches in popular culture depictions
German Hexenhut
- Hexenhutstyle of hat worn by witches in popular culture depictions
Irish hata caillí
- hata caillístyle of hat worn by witches in popular culture depictions
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Chicago
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