Dictionary Definition
bonnet
Noun
1 a hat tied under the chin [syn: poke
bonnet]
2 protective covering consisting of a metal part
that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods
of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair
the plane's engine" [syn: hood, cowl, cowling] v : dress in a
bonnet
User Contributed Dictionary
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English
Pronunciation
- /bɒnət/
- Rhymes: -ɒnɪt
Noun
- A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap, also spelled bunnet.
- In the context of "AU|UK|automotive": The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
- A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
Synonyms
- (Scottish cap) tam o'shanter
- (cover over the engine of a motor car): hood (US)
Translations
type of women's and children's hat
Scottish men's cap
cover over the engine of a motor car
- Dutch: motorkap
- Finnish: konepelti
- French: capote
- German: Motorhaube
- Italian: cofano
- Russian: капот (kapót)
- Spanish: capó , bonete , capirote italbrac Southeastern Mexico, cofre italbrac Mexican standard usage
length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail
Derived terms
See also
Extensive Definition
Bonnet can refer to:
- Bonnet (headgear), a kind of headwear
- car bonnet, in British English, the hinged cover of the engine in a motor vehicle, called hood in American English
- War bonnet, a feathered headgear worn as military decoration by Plains Indians
- Scotch bonnet, a variety of chilli pepper
- Tam o'shanter (hat), a distinctive Scottish bonnet
- Glengarry, a type of cap also called a Glengarry bonnet
- Feather bonnet, a feathered headgear once worn by Scottish regiments
- Plumbing term, a part of an outdoor sprinkler system
- Engineering, a part of a valve
- Georges Bonnet, a French politician
- Graham Bonnet, a British singer
- Joseph Bonnet, a French organist and composer
- Pierre Ossian Bonnet, a French mathematician
- Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist
- Stede Bonnet, a pirate
- Automobiles René Bonnet, a defunct French automobile manufacturer
Places named Bonnet:
- Bonnet, Meuse, a commune in France
bonnet in German: Bonnet
bonnet in French: Bonnet
bonnet in Dutch: Bonnet
bonnet in Japanese: ボンネット
bonnet in Swedish:
Bonnett