sombrero means A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
sombrero is pronounced /səmˈbɹɛɹ.əʊ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.
noun
- A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.“Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.”
- A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
- A series of four consecutive strikes.
- An umbrella.
name
- An island of Anguilla.
- A sitio in the barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.“The site contained the agreement areas and facilities no longer needed by the NPC and PSALM and excluded in the privatization of the Ambuklao Plant in Sitio Sombrero managed and maintained by indigenous peoples.”