hat
part of speech
noun (hat, hats)
meaning for a pupil
1) A hat is something you wear on your head, to keep warm, keep the sun off, or look smart. tree →
2) To wear a different hat means to have a different job or role. tree →
3) «Hats off to» someone means well done to them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a thing counted, bought or made, often with a price; hats compared with children (enough or not). In everyday life and safety: wear a sun hat in summer and a warm hat in winter; «no hat, no play» is a sun-safety rule in Australian and New Zealand schools. In stories: a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat. Phrases: sun hat, top hat, party hat, wear a hat, take off your hat, hard hat, hats off to.
examples
- Each hat costs $8. tree →
- She knitted 3 hats a week. tree →
- There are 25 hats and 20 children. tree →
- 6 hats were sold in the morning. tree →
- Put on your sun hat before you go out to play. tree →
- The magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat. tree →
- We made paper party hats. tree →
- The wind blew his hat into the river. tree →
- Builders wear hard hats to protect their heads. tree →
- They all whipped off their hats. tree →
note
Countable: a hat, hats. Homograph warning: «hat» rhymes with cat. Just the thing counted or priced; no clue to the operation. Trap: «25 hats and 20 children» may ask how many hats are left over (25 − 20).
In the corpora
- I'm a hatter.» A hatter is a person who makes or sells hats.
- And never give a man a green hat: it is a famous joke about being made a fool of.
- An adjective describes a noun: a big dog, a red hat, a friendly girl.
- A hat with a wide brim shades your face, ears and neck.
- On a cold night, sleep in a hat and dry layers on a mat, because the ground draws heat from your body.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.