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Meanings of hard hat in English

Wikidata

Helmet type.

Portuguese
capacete
Catalan
casc
Spanish
casco

A lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers.

capacete
Synonyms
Examples for "tin hat"
Examples for "tin hat"
1
A tin hat will be just the thing for a fireman.
Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show
2
His tin hat slid to one side of his head at a rakish angle.
The Whispering Spheres
3
The potential absence of Adrian Fenlon, however, would have put the tin hat on everything.
The Irish Times
4
Does transport minister Shane Ross have a tin hat?
The Irish Times
5
A twice-taken conversion by Aaron Cruden, from the touchline, put the tin hat on it.
The Irish Times
1
A man wearing a bright yellow fluorescent jacket and a builder's yellow safety hat approached him.
The Irish Times
2
They are not supplied with safety hats, protective clothing or masks.
News.com.au
Portuguese
operário da construção civil

A worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.

operário da construção civil
Usage of hard hat in English
1
We don't mind putting that hard hat on and going to work.
Reuters
2
I have my own hard hat, although she hadn't been wearing it.
Family ties
3
When you walk on a building site, you wear a hard hat.
The Irish Times
4
I'll be launching them wearing a visor and hard hat for safety reasons.
Wired
5
The reception area is deserted; a builder's hard hat sits on the desk.
The Irish Times
6
Woodcutters need a hard hat, hard shoes and a knowledge of felling techniques.
The new yorker
7
Clare Curran may need to keep that hard hat handy in the meantime.
Radio NZ
8
I nodded; the light on my hard hat nodded with me.
Guilty Pleasures
9
Rigid outer shell and a webbing suspension, similar to a construction hard hat.
Climbing Magazine
10
I picture Sarah dressed in a hard hat, wielding a hammer.
I am number four
11
She approached me with a grin, pushing back goggles under a hard hat.
Engineering Infinity
12
This is why he is everywhere in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket.
The Guardian
13
Straps from a hard hat had been jury-rigged to fit the manservant's cranium.
Artemis Fowl
14
What about a scientist's lab coat maybe, or a hard hat?
Seeing stars
15
Suspension models have a shell supported by webbing, like a construction hard hat.
Climbing Magazine
16
The man in the hard hat shifted uncomfortably and glanced over at Charlie.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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Translations for hard hat
Catalan
casc
Spanish
casco
Hard hat through the time
Hard hat across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common