CAPS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Cap

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

Old English cæppe ‘hood’, from late Latin cappa, perhaps from Latin caput ‘head’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈkap
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak

Short Definition:

hat

Examples:
  • a man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap
  • her cap of dark hair
Definition:

a protective lid or cover for an object such as a bottle, the point of a pen, or a camera lens

Short Definition:

lid or cover

Examples:
  • a glass bottle with a screw cap
  • a lens cap from a camera
Definition:

an upper limit imposed on spending or borrowing

Short Definition:

upper limit

Examples:
  • he raised the cap on local authority spending
Definition:

a contraceptive diaphragm.

Short Definition:

contraceptive

Definition:

the broad upper part of the fruiting body of most mushrooms and toadstools, at the top of a stem and bearing gills or pores.

Short Definition:

top of mushroom or toadstool

Short Definition:

explosive

Word: Cap

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈkap
Dialects: British English
Definition:

put a lid or cover on

Short Definition:

cover

Examples:
  • he capped his pen
Definition:

provide a fitting climax or conclusion to

Short Definition:

be climax of

Examples:
  • he capped a memorable season by becoming champion of champions
Definition:

place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing)

Short Definition:

put limit on

Examples:
  • council budgets will be capped
Definition:

be chosen as a member of a particular sports team, especially a national one

Short Definition:

choose for team

Examples:
  • he was capped ten times by England
Definition:

confer a university degree on.

Short Definition:

give academic degree to

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