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How to pronounce bonnet in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cowl, cowling, hood
Type of protective cover, protective covering, protection
Type Words
Synonyms poke bonnet
Type of chapeau, lid, hat
Has types sunbonnet
Type Words
Type of hat

Examples of bonnet

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Both look brilliant, both are available with serious artillery under the bonnet.
From the mirror.co.uk
The Cooper D can be identified by its pronounced power dome on the car's bonnet.
From the newarkadvertiser.co.uk
You can create a bonnet easily from an old straw or felt hat from a thrift shop.
From the tennessean.com
It's like listening to the boring guy with a bee in his bonnet at the local pub.
From the guardian.co.uk
Good, now they're curled, I can see my lashes above the bonnet as I drive along.
From the guardian.co.uk
As with the Prius, the Volt has a petrol and an electric motor under the bonnet.
From the smh.com.au
Inspecting the vehicle, the woman found bullet holes in the bonnet and radiator.
From the smh.com.au
It's got a new bonnet and a wider stance atop massive 20-inch double spoke rims.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It has a high bonnet with rounded forms, bulging wheel arches and a wide track.
From the expressandstar.com
More examples
  • A hat tied under the chin
  • Dress in a bonnet
  • Hood: protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
  • Bonnets are a variety of headgear for both sexes, which have in common only the absence of a brim.OED, "Bonnet" Bonnet derives from the same word in French, where it originally indicated a type of material. ...
  • The hood (US) or bonnet (UK) is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles that allows access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair. In British terminology, hood refers to a fabric cover over the passenger compartment of the car (known as the 'top' in the US). ...
  • A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap, also spelled bunnet; The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car. ...
  • (Bonnets) The name given to rounded, quadrant-shaped tiles.
  • The top portion of a compression valve assembly, it holds the valve in place as it is tightened against the valve seat at the other end of the assembly.
  • Bonnet, denotes much gossiping and slanderous insinuations, from which a woman should carefully defend herself. For a man to see a woman tying her bonnet, denotes unforeseen good luck near by. His friends will be faithful and true. ...