opera hat

Questions about opera hat

What does opera hat mean?

opera hat means "a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur".

What is another word for opera hat?

Close synonyms include dress hat, high hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is opera hat a common word?

opera hat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.