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Definition of Sombrero

1. Noun. One of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis.

2. Noun. A straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico.

Definition of Sombrero

1. n. A kind of broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.

Definition of Sombrero

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

2. Noun. A mixed drink with tequila, named after the hat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sombrero

1. a broad-brimmed hat [n -ROS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sombrero

somatropin somber sombered somberer somberest sombering somberly somberness sombernesses sombers

sombre sombred sombrely sombreness sombrer sombrero (current term) sombreros sombres sombrest sombring

sombrous somdel somdomites some some(a) some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you some more some mothers do have them some other

Literary usage of Sombrero

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"Л Few Words on the So-called " sombrero Guano" and some, other Nutural Phosphates, by Dr. PHIPSON, FCS, $c. IN tho last number of the CHEMICAL NEWS appeared ..."

2. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"TENERIFFE TO sombrero. The First Deep-sea Section. ... APPENDIX A.—Table of Temperatures observed between Teneriffe and sombrero Island. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution: Including a Narrative of the Expedition by William Davis Robinson (1821)
"Action of San Juan de los Llanos—Capture of the Jaral— Interview at sombrero, between General Mina and some of the Revolutionary Chiefs—Overture by Mina for ..."

4. Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution:: Including a Narrative of the Expedition by William Davis Robinson (1820)
"CHAPTER VL Action of San Juan de las Llanos—Capture of the Jaral—Interview at sombrero, between general Mina and some of the Revolutionary Chiefs—Overture ..."

5. Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution: Including a Narrative of the Expedition by William Davis Robinson (1821)
"Action oj San Juan de los Llanos—Capture of the Jaral— Interview at sombrero, between General Mina and some of the Revolutionary Chiefs—Overture by Mina for ..."

6. Cuba and Porto Rico: With the Other Islands of the West Indies : Their by Robert Thomas Hill (1899)
"sombrero. Anguilla. St Barts. St Martin. Barbuda. Antigua. STRETCHING like the piers ... They consist of the islands of sombrero, Anguilla, St. Bartholomew, ..."

7. Cuba and Porto Rico: With the Other Islands of the West Indies : Their by Robert Thomas Hill (1899)
"sombrero. Anguilla. St. Baits. St. Martin. Barbuda. Antigua. ... They consist of the islands of sombrero, Anguilla, St. Bartholomew, ..."

8. Cuba and Porto Rico, with the Other Islands of the West Indies: Their by Robert Thomas Hill (1899)
"sombrero. Anguilla. St. Barts. St. Martin. Barbuda. Antigua. ... They consist of the islands of sombrero, Anguilla, St. Bartholomew, ..."

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