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noun
A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
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Synonyms: helm, brain bucket
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
Such a helm when placed above a shield on a coat of arms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, monarchy, nobility, politics, textiles
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Synonyms: helm, brain bucket
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noun
That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The upper part of a chemist's retort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: helm
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noun
That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The glans penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bell-end, cockhead, cue ball, dickhead, dome, head, helmet, knob, knobhead, little head, mushroom tip, other head, plum, purple helmet, skull, tip, warhead
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noun
That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The glans penis.
A contemptible or stupid person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory
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Synonyms: bell-end, cockhead, cue ball, dickhead, dome, head, helmet, knob, knobhead, little head, mushroom tip, other head, plum, purple helmet, skull, tip, warhead
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verb
To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: headdress, headgear
Narrower terms: batting helmet, crash helmet, football helmet, hard hat, tin hat, safety hat, headpiece, space helmet
noun
armor plate that protects the head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: armor plate, armour plate, armor plating, plate armor, plate armour
Narrower terms: armet, basinet, casque, heaume, morion, cabasset, pickelhaube, sallet, salade
History
From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.
Across languages
166 source translations are retained for this English entry.
