topee

Questions about topee

What does topee mean?

topee means "a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun".

How many syllables are in topee?

topee has 2 syllables and divides as to-pee under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for topee?

Close synonyms include pith hat, pith helmet, sun helmet, topi. 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 topee a common word?

topee 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.