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Definition: Hard Hat |
Hard HatNoun1. A worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. 2. A lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Food & Agriculture | A shallow domed hat of steel or a simular material worn to protect the top of the head. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Protective device worn at industrial and construction sites to protect the head from falling objects(2). Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A Hard hat is a type of helmet predominately used in workplace environments such as construction sites to protect the head from injury such as from falling objects. They are typically required safety equipment where heavy labor is being performed.They used to be made out of metal, but since the 1960s, rigid plastic is the preferred material.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hard hat."
Synonyms: Hard HatSynonyms: construction worker (n), safety hat (n), tin hat (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Caesar's Hard Hat Gang Bang (2000) | |
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 | Drifting hard hat overboard in the Ross Sea in the midst of newly forming ice. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Compared to old hard hat diver, Exo mask diver doesn't need lead boots. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Chief Boatswain Jim Kruger (in green hard hat) directs RAINIER Deck Department personnel as the RAINIER returns home to Seattle and its base at the Pacific Marine Center. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ||
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| Language | Translations for "hard hat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | beskyttelseshjelm (helmet, safety hat, safety helmet). (various references) | |
Dutch | veiligheidshelm (helmet, safety hat, safety helmet). (various references) | |
Finnish | suojakypärä (crash helmet). (various references) | |
French | casque de sûreté (safety hat), casque de protection. (various references) | |
German | Sicherheitshelm (safety hat, safety helmet), Schutzhelm (helmet, safety hat, safety helmet), Arbeitsschutzhelm (helmet, safety helmet). (various references) | |
Greek | προστατευτικό κράνος (helmet, safety hat, safety helmet, turtleback). (various references) | |
Italian | elmetto di sicurezza (safety hat, safety helmet), casco (helm, helmet). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 安全帽 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あ"ぜ"ぼう. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ardhay athay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | capacete de segurança (safety hat, safety helmet). (various references) | |
Russian | защитный шлем (crash helmet). (various references) | |
Spanish | casco protector (crash helmet), casco de seguridad (safety hat, safety helmet), casco de protección (helmet, safety helmet). (various references) | |
Swedish | skyddshjälm (helmet, hood, safety hat, safety helmet). (various references) | |
Turkish | melon şapka (billycock, bowler hat), koruyucu başlık, kask (crash helmet, face guard, helmet, skidlid, tin hat), inşaat işçisi (hod carrier), gerici kimse, geri kafalı kimse (slowcoach). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | захисний шолом (crash helmet). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hardhat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-h-h-r-t" | |
-2 letters: arhat. | |
-3 letters: dart, data, drat, haar, haha, hard, hart, hath, rath, tahr, trad. | |
-4 letters: aah, aha, art, dah, had, hah, hat, rad, rah, rat, tad, tar. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ah, ar, at, ha, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-h-h-r-t" | |
+1 letter: hardhats. | |
+4 letters: featherhead, hairbreadth, halfhearted, handbreadth, hardhearted, hexahydrate. | |
+5 letters: featherheads, hairbreadths, hairsbreadth, handbreadths, handsbreadth, heavyhearted, hexahydrates. | |
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