Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bonnet
IPA transcription: [b'ɑnət]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bonnet, poke_bonnet
    Meaning: a hat tied under the chin
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bonnet
    Meaning: dress in a bonnet
Usage examples
  • She ran for her bonnet, gloves and parasol.
  • "Put on your bonnet, then, and a warm cloak, and we will settle all about it as we go."
  • She said no more; but put the children to bed; then came downstairs with her bonnet on.
  • Let me show you to a room, Miss Margaret, where you can take off your bonnet, and wash your face.
  • He had long, curling, fair hair which reached to his shoulders and on it an old bonnet was perched.
  • When she had taken off her bonnet and was turning out the contents of her bag, Eagles remarked quietly:
  • She looked down the notes of her cases, satisfied herself that her bag contained all she wanted, and then hastily tied on her bonnet and cloak.
  • She had a Roman nose, and her skin was wrinkled like a wilted apple; she wore coffee-coloured point-lace in her bonnet, with a complexion to match.
  • Once he even took my best bonnet, when I had gone away to my sick mother, and when I came back I found he had given it to the hen to lay her eggs in.
  • She wore her nurse's dress; for her second daily round began at half-past four, and her cloak, bonnet, and bag were lying ready on a chair beside her.