top hat

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top hat

noun top hats · top-hat · tophat

A man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).
Similar: stovepipe hat, topper
A kind of steel batten. The car body is a light steel shell fabricated by welding from top-hat, channel, and Z sections.

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noun cylindrical hat

Español	sombrero de copa, sombrero de copa alta, galera, chistera, (monosemic) bimba, gabina
한국어	탑햇 taphaet, 실크해트 silkeuhaeteu
日本語	トップハット toppu hatto, シルクハット shiruku hatto
中文	大禮帽 /大礼帽 dàlǐmào, 高頂絲質禮帽 /高顶丝质礼帽 gāodǐng sīzhì lǐmào
Português	cartola
Français	haut-de-forme, hauteforme
Deutsch	Zylinder
Italiano	cilindro
Ελληνικά	ημίψηλο imípsilo
Русский	цили́ндр cilíndr
Tiếng Việt	mũ chóp cao
العربية	قبعة علوية
עברית	מִגְבַּעַת migbá'at

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@misc{top_hat_2026,
  title = {top hat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/top%20hat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}