bonnet

«bonnet» in Mova's school dictionary: A hat tied under the chin with ribbons, worn by babies or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bonnet, bonnets)

meaning for a pupil

1) A hat tied under the chin with ribbons, worn by babies or by women in the past. tree →

2) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The metal cover over the engine at the front of a car (US: hood). tree →

3) (Scotland) A soft flat cap worn by men. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in history lessons (Victorian women in bonnets), everyday car talk in the UK and Australia (open the bonnet), and baby clothes. Phrases: Easter bonnet, under the bonnet, a bee in your bonnet (an idea you keep thinking about).

examples

• The baby wore a white bonnet in the sun. tree →
• Dad opened the bonnet to check the oil. tree →
• We made Easter bonnets with paper flowers. tree →
• In the old photo, Grandma's grandma wore a bonnet. tree →
• Steam came out from under the bonnet. tree →
• She has a bee in her bonnet about tidy desks. tree →
• The Victorian girl tied her bonnet under her chin. tree →
• Come along, Nurse--don't wait to put on your bonnet. tree →

note

Countable: bonnets. Car meaning differs: UK bonnet = US hood; UK boot = US trunk. "A bee in your bonnet" is an idiom, not a real bee.

In the corpora

• For his money Toad gets «a cotton print gown, an apron, a shawl, and a rusty black bonnet».
• A horse comes along the tow-path pulling a barge, steered by a big stout woman in a sun-bonnet.
• She peers under his bonnet: «Why, so you are! ...

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bonnet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.