How do you use the word "bonnet" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bonnet": How do I open the bonnet? She put on her bonnet.

Bonnet Meaning

/ˈbɒnɪt/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

nounA traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

Sentence Examples

How do I open the bonnet?

She put on her bonnet.

She has a bee in her bonnet about arriving on time.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

hood

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She tied her long hair under a cotton ____ to keep it clean while baking.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The young woman wore a beautiful ____ as part of her old costume.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni. Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"In the hall, Scarlett saw a bonnet and put it on hurriedly, tying the ribbons under her chin. It was Melanie's black mourning bonnet and it did not fit Scarlett's head but she could not recall where she had put her own bonnet." — 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XXIII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 382:

"“Now,” said he, “put such a bonnet as that in the show window.” He did not fill his show-window up town with a lot of hats and bonnets to drive people away, and then sit on the back stairs and bawl because people went to Wanamaker's to trade." — 2008, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, Acres of Diamonds, page 37:

"A shock-head of red hair, which the hat and periwig of the Lowland costume had in a great measure concealed, was seen beneath the Highland bonnet, and verified the epithet of Roy, or Red, by which he was much better known in the low country than by any other, and is still, I suppose, best remembered." — 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Rob Roy. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 147:

"Make sure that the power buffer's lamb's-wool bonnet is clean. Change or rinse the bonnet frequently to avoid scratching the finish. Use the bonnet as a mitten to buff in the crevices and other areas that the power buffer can't reach." — 2008, The Editors of Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual, page 297:

"The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet." — 2003, Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, page 189:

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