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Word entry · 8 letters

sombrero

Best crossword clue

"Wide hat"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/Part of speech nounSorted bemoorrsStarts with SEnds with O1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.

Used in a sentence

  • Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.
  • `Hey listen Pancho, take your hands off me or I'll stick your sombrero up your Khyber.'
  • The site contained the agreement areas and facilities no longer needed by the NPC and PSALM and excluded in the privatization of the Ambuklao Plant in Sitio Sombrero managed and maintained by indigenous peoples.

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