Usually means: Covering for the head; hat.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 40 dictionaries that define the word bonnet:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bonnet, bonnet: Merriam-Webster
  2. bonnet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bonnet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bonnet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bonnet: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bonnet, bonnet: Wordnik
  7. bonnet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bonnet: Wiktionary
  9. bonnet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bonnet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bonnet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Bonnet, bonnet: Dictionary.com
  13. bonnet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. bonnet: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Bonnet (disambiguation), Bonnet (headgear), Bonnet (surname), Bonnet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Bonnet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. bonnet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. bonnet: Rhymezone
  19. Bonnet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. bonnet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Bonnet: Britih-American Dictionary
  22. Bonnet, Bonnet: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. bonnet: FreeDictionary.org
  24. bonnet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. bonnet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. bonnet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bonnet (disambiguation), bonnet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bonnet: Castle Terms
  2. bonnet: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bonnet: Easton Bible

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bonnet, bonnet, bonnet, bonnet: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bonnet: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Bonnet: Dictionary of Military Architecture

(Note: See bonneted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
noun:  A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
noun:  (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
noun:  (Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
noun:  (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
noun:  (obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
noun:  The second stomach of a ruminant.
noun:  (historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
noun:  Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
noun:  A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
noun:  A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
noun:  A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
noun:  A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
noun:  In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
noun:  (mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
verb:  (transitive) To put a bonnet on.
verb:  (obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
verb:  (dated, transitive) To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     pink,     white,     yellow,     lavender, more...



Word origin

Words similar to bonnet

Usage examples for bonnet

Idioms related to bonnet

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing bonnet

Words that often appear near bonnet

Rhymes of bonnet

Invented words related to bonnet

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    blue,     pink,     white,     yellow,     lavender, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Threepeat

Find common ground

Play Now

Compound Your Joy

Find connection

Play Now

Pandergram

Make alphabet soup

Play Now