porkpie hat

1. 1.

   man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim

   Synonymsporkpie

   Broadersnap-brim hat

Questions about porkpie hat

What does porkpie hat mean?

porkpie hat means "man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim".

What is another word for porkpie hat?

Close synonyms include porkpie. 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 porkpie hat a common word?

porkpie hat 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.