HELMET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does helmet mean? 

• HELMET (noun)
  The noun HELMET has 2 senses:

1. armor plate that protects the head

2. a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows

  Familiarity information: HELMET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELMET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Armor plate that protects the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("helmet" is a kind of...):

armor plate; armor plating; armour plate; plate armor; plate armour (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)

Meronyms (parts of "helmet"):

visor; vizor (a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helmet"):

armet (a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard)

basinet (a medieval steel helmet)

casque ((15-16th century) any armor for the head; usually ornate without a visor)

heaume (a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders)

cabasset; morion (a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century)

pickelhaube (a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers)

salade; sallet (a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision)

Holonyms ("helmet" is a part of...):

body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("helmet" is a kind of...):

headdress; headgear (clothing for the head)

Meronyms (parts of "helmet"):

beaver (a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "helmet"):

batting helmet (a helmet worn by the batter in baseball)

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

football helmet (a padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football players)

hard hat; safety hat; tin hat (a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers)

headpiece (a protective helmet for the head)

space helmet (a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space)

 Context examples 

He spurred back to the pavilion, and was out in a few instants with another helmet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The determination of the number of helmet cells present in a sample.

(Helmet Cell Count, NCI Thesaurus)

The youth nevertheless escaped from them, but his horse leapt so violently that the helmet fell from the youth’s head, and they could see that he had golden hair.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

His dress was very plain and simple, and the fashion of it between the Asiatic and the European; but he had on his head a light helmet of gold, adorned with jewels, and a plume on the crest.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Beauchamp struck his opponent a shrewd blow upon the helmet, but was met with so frightful a thrust that he whirled out of his saddle and rolled over and over upon the ground.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was a squat, bull-necked man, clad in the iron helmet, mail tunic, and woollen gambesson of his class.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I know not about that,” said John, kicking his helmet up into the air and catching it in his hand.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is ill weather for bows,” remarked John at last, when, with a long sigh, he drained the last drop from his helmet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His plumed helmet was carried behind him by his body-squire, and his head was covered by a small purple cap, from under which his snow-white hair curled downwards to his shoulders.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Aye, Jenkin, said another, our foeman is under the stole and the vestment as much as under the helmet and plate of proof.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)