conical hat

Tapered head covering

A conical hat is a hat shaped like a cone, tapering to a point at the top.

The term most often refers to the broad-brimmed straw hats worn traditionally in East and Southeast Asia, designed to shield against sun and rain: Workers in the rice paddies wore conical hats.

Conical hats also appear in Western contexts—the pointed caps of wizards, dunces, and birthday party guests.

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harvest time · lacquered finish · bamboo · rain · rainy season · woven · Ho Chi Minh · Southeast Asia · sun · straw · brim · chin strap · conical · bamboo weaving · Vietnam · Vietnamese culture · point · Asian

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shape

conical hattop hat

Tall formal headwear

pillbox hat · fez · bowler hat · flat cap · beret

brim structure

conical hatwide-brimmed hat

Headwear with expansive edges

sombrero · sun hat · floppy hat · picture hat · fedora

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hat, cone, conic, cone-shaped

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G