Sunbonnet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sunbonnet is a noun meaning A hat (bonnet) worn for protection from bright sunlight.
Meaning
A hat (bonnet) worn for protection from bright sunlight.
More Meanings
- A plant of the genera Leibnitzia or Chaptalia, native to Asia and the Americas.
Example Sentences
She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.
“Put on your sunbonnet,” she ordered. “Oh, please, Aunt Elizabeth, don’t make me wear that horrid thing.” Aunt Elizabeth, wasting no further words, picked up the bonnet and tied it on Emily’s head. Emily had to yield. But from the depths of the sunbonnet issued a voice, defiant though tremulous.
Word Forms
- sunbonnets
- sun bonnet
Synonyms for sunbonnet
Depending on context, synonyms include sunhat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sunhat, bonnet, bunnet, sundown, bonneting, bonnetstring.
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