bonnet

[US]/'bɒnɪt/
[UK]/'bɑnət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. soft hat; valve cover
vt. put a cover on; put a hat on

Phrases & Collocations

car bonnet

open the bonnet

Example Sentences

Some designs incorporate a two-piece bonnet and yoke.

a mother bonneting her children

" "Some fine, flowery bonneted wench!

He has a bee in his bonnet about the anniversary celebration.

The baby’s bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes.

She experienced more trouble while trying to open the bonnet of the car.

Harry’s always going around opening windows. He’s got a bee in his bonnet about fresh air.

Melanie, bonneted and shawled, sedate in newly acquired matronly dignity, hung on his arm and the entire personnel of Tara, black and white, turned out to see Ashley off to the war.

Who could have ever expected that a dragoon would drink sixpenny ale, smoke horrid bird's-eye tobacco, and let his wife wear a shabby bonnet?

Real-world Examples

Yes, she needs the bonnet. It completes the outfit.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

" I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you."

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

She left the room, put on her garden bonnet and cloak, and went out.

Source: Returning Home

" But is she very ill? " I asked, flinging down my rake, and tying my bonnet.

Source: Wuthering Heights (abridged version)

Then a small voice said in his ear, Bee in your bonnet, Harry Potter?

Source: 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Narrow jets of steam were issuing from under the bonnet.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Green chillies...Little scotch bonnets.That comes only from Ghana.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

All right, Sam, there's no need to get a bee in your bonnet!

Source: 6 Minute English

Check under the bonnet in Bristol but the hood in Houston.

Source: Advanced American English by Lai Shih-hsiung

We don't want to be a bee in your bonnet.

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

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