Hard hat

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.

    "My enthusiasm wasn't exactly suppressed - my father had worked for British Rail's property department, and one of my earliest memories was walking around the forlorn buildings at Old Oak Common depot wearing his oversized BR hard hat."

  2. 2
    a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers wordnet
  3. 3
    a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. wordnet

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"My enthusiasm wasn't exactly suppressed - my father had worked for British Rail's property department, and one of my earliest memories was walking around the forlorn buildings at Old Oak Common depot wearing his oversized BR hard hat."

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