sombrero

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/
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/səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/ · /sɒmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/ · /səmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ · /sɑmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ · /soʊmˈbɹɛɹ.oʊ/ · /sʌmˈbɹɛ.ɹəʊ/

Definition of sombrero

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
    “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.'”
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noun

  1. A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
    “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.'”
  2. A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
  3. A series of four consecutive strikes.

name

  1. An island of Anguilla.
  2. A sitio in the barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.
    “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.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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