bonnet

the metal cover over a car's engine (British and Indian English)
Americans call this part the 'hood'. 'Bonnet' can also mean an old-fashioned hat tied under the chin.
bonnet meaning in Hindi
कार के इंजन के ऊपर का धातु का ढक्कन; बोनट
अमेरिकी इस हिस्से को 'hood' कहते हैं। 'Bonnet' का अर्थ ठोड़ी के नीचे बाँधी जाने वाली पुराने ढंग की टोपी भी है।
Examples
- The taxi driver lifted the bonnet to see why the engine was steaming.टैक्सी ड्राइवर ने बोनट उठाकर देखा कि इंजन से भाप क्यों निकल रही है।
- Police found the smuggled gold hidden in a secret space under the car's bonnet.पुलिस को कार के बोनट के नीचे एक गुप्त जगह में छिपाया गया तस्करी का सोना मिला।
Synonyms & antonyms
Memory trick
A BONNET is the car's hat: just like a baby's bonnet, it covers the head, here the engine.
💡 Did you know?
'To have a bee in your bonnet' means to keep thinking or talking about one idea obsessively.
Word origin
From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern compare French bonnet), from Old French bonet ('material from which hats are made'), from frk *bunni ('that which is bound'), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją ('bundle'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- ('to tie').
bonnet meaning in other languages
| Hindi · हिन्दी | कार के इंजन के ऊपर का धातु का ढक्कन; बोनट |
| Arabic · العربية | الغطاء المعدني فوق محرك السيارة (غطاء المحرك) في الإنجليزية البريطانية والهندية |
| French · Français | capot ; couvercle métallique au-dessus du moteur d'une voiture (anglais britannique et indien) |
| Indonesian · Bahasa Indonesia | kap mesin; penutup logam di atas mesin mobil (bahasa Inggris Britania dan India) |
| Chinese · 中文 | (英式及印度英语)汽车引擎盖 |
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