hat
- n headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- n an informal term for a person's role
he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly - v put on or wear a hat
He was unsuitably hatted - v furnish with a hat
hat trick
- n (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
hatiora
- n small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
hatch
- n the production of young from an egg
- n shading consisting of multiple crossing lines
- n a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- v emerge from the eggs
young birds, fish, and reptiles hatch - v devise or invent
- v inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating
- v draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper
hatch the sheet - v sit on (eggs)
hatchback
- n a car having a hatchback door
- n a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
hatchery
- n a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs)
the park authorities operated a trout hatchery