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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bon•net /ˈbɑnɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga hat tying under the chin and framing the face.
- British TermsBrit. an automobile hood:Pop open the bonnet and let's see what's wrong.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bon•net (bon′it),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
- Clothing, Informal Terms[Informal.]any hat worn by women.
- Scottish Terms[Chiefly Scot.]a man's or boy's cap.
- Clothinga bonnetlike headdress:an Indian war bonnet.
- any of various hoods, covers, or protective devices.
- a cowl, hood, or wind cap for a fireplace or chimney, to stabilize the draft.
- the part of a valve casing through which the stem passes and that forms a guide and seal for the stem.
- a chamber at the top of a hot-air furnace from which the leaders emerge.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]an automobile hood.
- [Naut.]a supplementary piece of canvas laced to the foot of a fore-and-aft sail, esp. a jib, in light winds.
v.t. - to put a bonnet on.
- Gmc, with a prefix corresponding to Middle High German obe- above
- Gmc *bund-, noun, nominal derivative of *bind- bind; compare bundle), with -et -et; compare Late Latin abonnis, obbonis ribbon forming part of a headdress
- Old Low Franconian *bunni something bound (
- Middle French; Old French bonet material from which hats are made, perh.
- late Middle English bonet 1375–1425
bon′net•less, adj. bon′net•like′, adj. Bon•net (bô ne′),USA pronunciation n. Georges (zhôrzh),USA pronunciation 1889–1973, French statesman.
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