cap
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(verb) restrict the number or amount of |
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Related Words: circumscribe, confine, limit |
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| 2. |
(verb) lie at the top of |
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Synonyms: crest |
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Related Words: lie |
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| 3. |
(noun) a tight-fitting covering for the head |
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Related Words: Glengarry, balaclava, balaclava helmet, balmoral, baseball cap, bathing cap, beret, biggin, biretta, cloth cap, cockscomb, coonskin, coonskin cap, coxcomb, flat cap, garrison cap, golf cap, headdress, headgear, jockey cap, kepi, liberty cap, mobcap, mortarboard, nightcap, overseas cap, peaked cap, pinner, sailor cap, service cap, shower cap, ski cap, skullcap, stocking cap, swimming cap, tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy, toboggan cap, watch cap, wishing cap, yachting cap |
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| 4. |
(noun) a top (as for a bottle) |
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Related Words: bottlecap, cover, radiator cap, top |
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(noun) something serving as a cover or protection |
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Related Words: collet, distributor cap, ferrule, hubcap, lens cap, lens cover, protection, protective covering, thimble |
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(noun) umbrellalike fruiting structure forming the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom |
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Synonyms: pileus |
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Related Words: plant part |
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(noun) an artificial crown for a tooth |
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Synonyms: crownwork |
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Related Words: dental appliance |
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(noun) an upper limit on what is allowed: "they established a cap for prices" |
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Synonyms: ceiling |
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Related Words: control |
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(noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature |
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Synonyms: capital, chapiter |
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Related Words: top |
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(noun) a mechanical or electrical device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to fire an explosive charge |
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Synonyms: detonating device, detonator |
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Related Words: blasting cap, explosive device, percussion cap |
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