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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#m1)

2) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) The metal cover over the engine at the front of a car (US: hood). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#m2)

3) (Scotland) A soft flat cap worn by men. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x1)
- Dad opened the bonnet to check the oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x2)
- We made Easter bonnets with paper flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x3)
- In the old photo, Grandma's grandma wore a bonnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x4)
- Steam came out from under the bonnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x5)
- She has a bee in her bonnet about tidy desks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x6)
- The Victorian girl tied her bonnet under her chin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x7)
- Come along, Nurse--don't wait to put on your bonnet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/#x8)

### 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».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/18/)
- [A horse comes along the tow-path pulling a barge, steered by a big stout woman in a sun-bonnet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/7/)
- [She peers under his bonnet: «Why, so you are! ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bonnet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bonnet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.