fedora
fedora — noun
1. a soft felt hat whose crown has a dent running down the middle and whose brim is
a soft felt hat whose crown has a dent running down the middle and whose brim is fairly wide, often bent upward at the back
Grandpa wore a grey fedora to the wedding and looked very smart.
The detective adjusted his brown fedora before stepping out of the car.
collocation: adjust [one's] fedora
At the vintage shop, Beatriz tried on a black felt fedora with a red band.
Yusuf bought his first fedora to wear at the jazz concert downtown.
At the local art fair, Hana bought a cream-coloured fedora from a hat seller's stall.
- trilby
similar shape but with a narrower brim that is usually turned up at the back only
- homburg
a stiff felt hat with a dented crown and a curled brim, considered more formal than a fedora
- panama hat
made of woven straw rather than felt, with a lighter and more summery style
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Often used in fiction (especially detective stories and film noir) to suggest a classic or old-fashioned masculine style. The brim of a fedora is noticeably wider than that of a trilby hat.