crash helmet

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   a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles; protects the head in case of accidents

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Questions about crash helmet

What does crash helmet mean?

crash helmet means "a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles; protects the head in case of accidents".

Is crash helmet a common word?

crash helmet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.