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• hel|met — «HEHL miht», noun. 1. a covering to protect the head. Soldiers wear steel helmets; firemen wear leather helmets; football players wear plastic helmets. 2. a piece of armor for the head. Knights wore helmets as part of their armor. 3. anything… …   Useful english dictionary

• hel|met|ed — «HEHL muh tihd», adjective. wearing a helmet …   Useful english dictionary

• hel´met|like´ — hel|met «HEHL miht», noun. 1. a covering to protect the head. Soldiers wear steel helmets; firemen wear leather helmets; football players wear plastic helmets. 2. a piece of armor for the head. Knights wore helmets as part of their armor. 3.… …   Useful english dictionary

• hel — an·glo·hel·ve·ti·um; asc·hel·min·thes; coel·hel·minth; coel·hel·min·thes; hel·arc·tos; hel·beh; hel·den·tenor; hel·e·na; hel·e·nalin; hel·en; hel·e·och·a·ris; hel·eo·plankton; hel·e·pole; hel·i·chryse; hel·i·chry·sum; hel·i·ci·na; hel·i·cline;… …   English syllables

• Hel (location) — Helheim redirects here. For the glacier in Greenland, see Helheim Glacier. For the band, see Helheim (band). Main article: Death in Norse paganism Odin Rides to Hel (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. In Norse mythology, Hel, the location, shares a name …   Wikipedia

• helmet — hel·met …   English syllables

• helmeted — hel·met·ed …   English syllables

• helmet — hel•met art at helpmeet [[t]ˈhɛl mɪt[/t]] n. 1) any of various forms of protective, usu. rigid head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, football players, cyclists, etc 2) her a piece of medieval armor for the head; helm 3) anything… …   From formal English to slang

• helmet — hel|met [ˈhelmıt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: helme helmet ] a strong hard hat that soldiers, ↑motorcycle riders, the police etc wear to protect their heads …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• helmeted — hel|met|ed [ˈhelmıtıd] adj wearing a helmet …   Dictionary of contemporary English