cloche

noun

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Recent Examples of cloche Michelle was met with a table set with food, candles, and a cloche that, when lifted, revealed Rick’s grinning head on a platter. — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025 The looks are topped off with ceramic brooches and sculptures shaped like a scarf collar, in addition to cloche hats designed by Stephen Jones. — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 9 Jan. 2025 While guessing what the items could be, social media users have suggested cloches, candle lanterns and vases, among other things—but nothing was quite right. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 Stand by Me From Lafayette Steakhouse This smoky cocktail blends Macallan 12yo and Drambuie with ginger honey syrup, then served under a cloche for a striking effect. — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cloche
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloche
  1. beret
  2. bonnet
  3. turban
  4. tricorne
  5. hood
  6. hat
  7. sombrero
  8. pillbox
Noun
  • Her father, wearing a gray beret, an orange shirt and what appeared to be gray slacks, came on screen and mouthed the next bridge of the song.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of beret
Noun
  • In a skit, Nadya dressed up as a Dominatrix while Gonzalez portrayed a baby, donning a diaper and bonnet with an adult-sized rattle in hand.
    — Moná Thomas, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Mulberry silk bonnet that’s double-lined and large enough to comfortably collect my long hair and wrap around my head.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of bonnet
Noun
  • In a portrait that is emblematic of her art, Gottfried photographed a circus entertainer dressed in a top hat and white tie, accompanied by his two canine partners, also formally attired, the large Doberman pinscher in a white tie and a turban, the miniature pinscher with a frilly collar.
    — Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The Arabian Knight has a flying carpet and a turban, as if a stripper service sent you Beefcake Prince of Persia.
    — Darren Franich, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of turban
Noun
  • Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.
    — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.
    — Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
Definition of tricorne
Noun
  • And by the way, those wild, wild horses aren't actually under the hood.
    — Joe Salas, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The Analyst agent operates alongside the Researcher within the Copilot ecosystem but with a different approach under the hood.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of hood
Noun
  • Participants will put their names in the hat by 6:15 p.m. and the order will be determined by a draw, said Cathryn Beeks, event organizer.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • This is me at 21 in a beach hat, too much lipstick, and not enough eyeliner.
    — Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of hat
Noun
  • Mexican hat: long, leafless stock with dropping red or yellow petals, resembling a sombrero.
    — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025
  • But the popular image of a mariachi ensemble as an ensemble dressed in black with big sombrero charros persists.
    — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of sombrero
Noun
  • Who can forget her designer suits, pillbox hats and, later, the oversized sunglasses, that became the fashion aspirations of the famous and not-so-famous wishing to capture a bit of her style.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The actor stepped out in London wearing quadruple leopard print: A pillbox hat, a blazer dress, platform shoes, and a matching umbrella.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of pillbox

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