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UK
/kˈæp/
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[ US /ˈkæp/ ]
[ US /ˈkæp/ ]
NOUN
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(dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown - a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
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an upper limit on what is allowed
there was a roof on salaries
he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him
they established a cap for prices - something serving as a cover or protection
- a tight-fitting headdress
- a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
- a protective covering that is part of a plant
- a top (as for a bottle)
- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
VERB
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restrict the number or amount of
We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club -
lie at the top of
Snow capped the mountains
How To Use cap In A Sentence
- The captain's armband must have special powers because he's been brilliant. Times, Sunday Times
- You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- The Temple to the Hebrew God YHVH, built by King David, was destroyed and much of the Jewish population (Jew comes from the word Judah, one of the 12 tribes) were deported to Babylon, known to Jews as the Babylonian captivity. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- Ireland does not have another manufacturing facility with a similar capacity to absorb glass cullet (crushed glass).
- On land, giant reservoirs holding saline water could be built to offset the rise in sea levels caused by the melting of the polar ice-caps.
- At least five people were killed when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized last month which was dramatically caught on camera by Italian coastguards. The Sun
- He was an exceedingly capable and highly regarded individual. Times, Sunday Times
- He argues that the two main parties are no longer capable of holding together the divergent views within them. Times, Sunday Times
- The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
