noun
bonnet
BO-niht
noun
1
A soft hat, often tied under the chin, traditionally worn by women or children.
"The baby wore a knitted bonnet to keep warm."
2
British English term for the hinged panel covering a car's engine (called a "hood" in American English).
"He popped the bonnet to check the oil."
How to Use Bonnet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA soft tied hat, or, in British English, the metal cover over a car engine.
UK vs US
British "bonnet" = American "hood" when talking about cars.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
bonneted past tense, bonnetted past tense, bonnets plural, bonnets singular
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Etymology
From Old French bonet, related to a Germanic word for something bound or tied together, ultimately connected to "bundle."