Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece projecting from the front of a cap or headband to shade or protect the eyes.
- noun A transparent, often tinted piece on the front of a safety helmet, designed to protect the face and eyes and usually capable of being raised and lowered.
- noun A fixed or movable shield against glare attached above the windshield of an automotive vehicle.
- noun The front piece of the helmet of a suit of armor, designed to protect the face and eyes while allowing the wearer to see through a narrow opening.
- noun A means of concealment or disguise; a mask.
- transitive verb To provide or protect with a visor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. See
vizor , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
- noun A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
- noun The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A part of a
helmet , arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. - noun A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
- noun The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
- noun a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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She couldn't even afford to buy a new visor cap but had to use an old McCain visor, but blacked it out.
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When she was on that vacation trying to hide with the blacked out McCain visor she looked like crap and had probably had something done.
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The woman cannot afford to buy a new, plain visor for her vacation after her book tour?
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Someone please proffer a reasonable, rational explanation as to why Palinbot wearing a blank visor is less recognizable than Palinbot wearing a visor with McCain's name on it.
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The scratch-resistant, polycarbonate plastic visor is coated with an antifog compound that was originally developed for jet pilots.
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When the visor is lowered on the ACES suit, pure O2 comes into the suit at a higher quantity than a crew member actually uses.
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The vacuum beyond your visor is cold, but it would boil your blood if your pressure suit failed.
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The vacuum beyond your visor is cold, but it would boil your blood if your pressure suit failed.
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I mean, let’s be honest, a visor is actually one rung higher on the queer fashion ladder than a turbin.
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Here he wears an eskimo-inspired "visor" - though he doesn't have eyes there.
June 1st, 2008 frankwu 2008
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