lid

/lɪd/

/lɪd/

Other forms: lids

A lid is a top, or a cap — some kind of removable or hinged cover for a container. If you forget to put the lid on your tin of cat food, you may discover that your cat and dog have eaten it all by the end of the day.

The lid on your trash can keeps raccoons out of it, and the lid on your travel mug keeps your tea hot for hours. Another lid is your eyelid, the skin that moves over your eyeball like a lid: "Her heavy lids told me she didn't sleep at all." A lid is also slang for a hat or a helmet, and if someone says, "Put a lid on it," they're telling you (somewhat rudely) to quiet down.

Definitions of lid

1. noun

   a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
   “he raised the piano lid”

   types:

   trunk lid

   hinged lid for a trunk

   type of:

   cover, top

   covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
2. noun

   either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
   “his lids would stay open no longer”

   synonyms: eyelid, palpebra

   type of:

   protective fold

   a flap of tissue that protects what it covers
3. noun

   headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
   synonyms: chapeau, hat

   types:

   bearskin, busby, shako

   tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions

   Panama, Panama hat, boater, leghorn, sailor, skimmer, straw hat

   a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

   bonnet, poke bonnet

   a hat tied under the chin

   bowler, bowler hat, derby, derby hat, plug hat

   a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim

   campaign hat

   a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel

   slouch hat

   a soft felt hat with a wide flexible brim

   cocked hat

   hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points

   cowboy hat, ten-gallon hat

   a hat with a wide brim and a soft crown; worn by American ranch hands

   deerstalker

   a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters

   beaver, dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper

   a formal hat with a tall crown; sometimes covered with silk or with beaver fur

   dunce cap, dunce's cap, fool's cap

   a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils

   Stetson, fedora, felt hat, homburg, trilby

   a hat made of felt with a creased crown

   fur hat

   a hat made of fur

   millinery, woman's hat

   hats for women; the wares sold by a milliner

   shovel hat

   a stiff broad-brimmed hat with the brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front; worn by some clergymen in Britain

   snap-brim hat

   a hat with a snap brim

   sombrero

   a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico

   sou'wester

   waterproof hat with wide slanting brim longer in back than in front

   sun hat, sunhat

   a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun

   titfer

   a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat')

   toque

   a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs

   tirolean, tyrolean

   soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade

   beaver, castor

   a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)

   bicorn, bicorne

   a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points

   church hat

   a fanciful hat of the kind worn by Black women for Sunday worship

   cloche

   a woman's close-fitting hat that resembles a helmet

   picture hat

   a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim

   pillbox, toque, turban

   a small round woman's hat

   pith hat, pith helmet, sun helmet, topee, topi

   a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun

   porkpie, porkpie hat

   man's hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim

   sunbonnet

   a large bonnet that shades the face; worn by girls and women

   tricorn, tricorne

   cocked hat with the brim turned up to form three points

   type of:

   headdress, headgear

   clothing for the head