witch's hat
English edit
Etymology edit
From their conical shape, resembling the hats that witches are popularly believed to have worn.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
witch's hat (plural witches' hats)
- Hygrocybe conica, a small mushroom of the waxcap genus found in North America and Northern Europe.
- (Australia) A traffic cone.
- 2018 January, “Standard Conditions for On-street (Temporary) Parking Permit”, in City of Newcastle[1]:
- The applicant may need to reserve the parking spaces by the placement of witches hats or by arranging with businesses/clients on the day.
- 2017 April 6, Rebecca Parish, “No agencies own up as Killara locals search for witches hats owner”, in The Daily Telegraph[2]:
- Killara residents are fed up with picking up fallen witches hats on Stanhope Road.
- 2022 December 28 (last accessed), “Multi-stage fitness”, in NSW Police[3]:
- The test is conducted over a 20 metre course marked with lines or witches hats, with applicants running continuously between the points.
- Alternative form of witch hat
- 2017, Cynthia Staton, Life Lived Not Lost: A Journey of Hope, Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN, page 69:
- Immediately Victoria took off her headband that had a witch's hat on it and gave it to the girl. “Now you are a proper witch,” she said. The girl smiled and went out trunk or treating.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, hat.
- We had finally found the witch, who was wearing a green top hat that seemed a bit out of place. As she looked up towards us, the wind blew the witch's hat off of the witch's head.
Synonyms edit
- (mushroom): conical wax cap, conical slimy cap
Translations edit
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