BONNET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonnet mean? 

• BONNET (noun)
  The noun BONNET has 2 senses:

1. a hat tied under the chin

2. protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

  Familiarity information: BONNET used as a noun is rare.

• BONNET (verb)
  The verb BONNET has 1 sense:

1. dress in a bonnet

  Familiarity information: BONNET used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONNET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hat tied under the chin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bonnet; poke bonnet

Hypernyms ("bonnet" is a kind of...):

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonnet"):

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

Derivation:

bonnet (dress in a bonnet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bonnet; cowl; cowling; hood

Context example:

the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine

Hypernyms ("bonnet" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Meronyms (parts of "bonnet"):

hood ornament (an ornament on the front of the hood of a car emblematic of the manufacturer)

Holonyms ("bonnet" is a part of...):

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

• BONNET (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dress in a bonnet

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "bonnet" is one way to...):

hat (put on or wear a hat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

bonnet (a hat tied under the chin)

 Context examples 

Again I looked at the face; which was no longer turned from me—on the contrary, the bonnet was doffed, the bandage displaced, the head advanced.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I see them cross the way to meet her, when her bonnet (she has a bright taste in bonnets) is seen coming down the pavement, accompanied by her sister's bonnet.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As she spoke, Jo took off her bonnet, and a general outcry arose, for all her abundant hair was cut short.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A girl not out has always the same sort of dress: a close bonnet, for instance; looks very demure, and never says a word.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I shall wear a large bonnet, and bring one of my little baskets hanging on my arm.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“Welcome, most puissant and noble lord,” he cried, doffing his bonnet to Black Simon.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then, showing her purchases—“Look here, I have bought this bonnet.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

You are splashed getting in and getting out; and the wind takes your hair and your bonnet in every direction.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

She is the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Half in my dreams I was dimly conscious that something was going on in the room, and gradually became aware that my wife had dressed herself and was slipping on her mantle and her bonnet.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)