HARD HAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard hat mean? 

• HARD HAT (noun)
  The noun HARD HAT has 2 senses:

1. a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.

2. a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers

  Familiarity information: HARD HAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD HAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

construction worker; hard hat

Hypernyms ("hard hat" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hard hat; safety hat; tin hat

Hypernyms ("hard hat" is a kind of...):

helmet (a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows)

 Context examples 

Think of Pluto as the contractor who enters your basement carrying a flashlight and wearing a hard hat and is there to check for cracks in the basement.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)