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# fez

noun (a fez, fezzes)

«fez» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A round red felt hat with a flat top and a black tassel, with no brim, traditional in Turkey, North Africa and the Middle East. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#m1)
2. Fez (or Fes): a famous old city in Morocco. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons the fez was worn in the Ottoman Empire until Turkey banned it in 1925. In stories and TV it is a fun costume hat; magicians sometimes wear one. Phrases: «wear a fez».

### Examples

- The magician wore a red fez with a black tassel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x1)
- My grandfather has an old fez from Morocco. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x2)
- The fez is named after the city of Fez. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x3)
- In Turkey the fez was banned about a hundred years ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x4)
- Fezzes are cool! said the Doctor in Doctor Who. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x5)
- The tassel on the fez swung as he danced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x6)
- The red jacket fitted tight and close, the tassel on my Fez cap was of silver, and in my girdle glittered a knife and my pistols. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/#x7)

### Note

Plural: fezzes (double z). Capital F for the city.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fez» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fez/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fez» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fez.html) on Mova free.