cap

Nouns

  • (n) a tight-fitting headdress
  • (n) a top (as for a bottle)
  • (n) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive detonating device, detonator,
  • (n) something serving as a cover or protection
  • (n) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom pileus,
  • (n) a protective covering that is part of a plant hood,
  • (n) an upper limit on what is allowed
    • he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him
    • there was a roof on salaries
    • they established a cap for prices
    ceiling, roof,
  • (n) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
    • tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown
    crownwork, jacket crown, jacket, crown,
  • (n) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature chapiter, capital,

Verbs

  • (v) lie at the top of
    • Snow capped the mountains
    crest,
  • (v) restrict the number or amount of
    • We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club

Synonyms

crest detonating device detonator pileus hood ceiling roof crownwork jacket crown jacket crown chapiter capital

Words of close approximity

cab CAD cam can car CAT caw cay
CA cc CD C.E. Ce CF cf. Ci cl cm CO Cr Cs CT Cu CV cx
cab CAD cam can car CAT caw cay CBC CBR ccc CDC CEO CER CFC CFO cgs chi CIA CID CIM CIO CIS CJD CLI clv clx CMB CMV CNS cob cod C.O.D. cog col con coo cop cos cot cow cox coy CPA CPI CPR cps CPU C.P.U. CRO CRP CRT cry CSE CST CTC cub cud cue cul cum cup cur cut CVA cwm cwt cxl cxv cxx
capability capable capableness capably capacious capaciousness capacitance capacitance unit capacitate capacitive capacitor capacitor microphone capacity capacity measure capacity unit cap-a-pie caparison caparisoned cape cape aloe Cape Ann Cape Breton Island Cape buffalo Cape Canaveral Cape Cod Cape Cod Bay Cape Cod Canal Cape Colony Cape dagga Cape Fear Cape Fear River Cape Flattery cape forget-me-not Cape Froward Cape Girardeau cape gooseberry Cape Hatteras Cape Horn Cape hunting dog cape hyacinth cape jasmine cape jessamine Capek Cape kafferboom Cape Kennedy capelan capelin capeline bandage Capella Cape lobster cape marigold Cape May Cape May warbler Cape of Good Hope Cape of Good Hope Province Cape Passero Cape periwinkle Cape primrose Cape Province caper capercaillie capercailzie caper family caper sauce caper spurge caper tree Cape Sable Capet Capetian Capetian dynasty Cape Town Cape Trafalgar Cape tulip Cape Verde Cape Verde escudo Cape Verde Islands Cape Verde monetary unit capeweed cape yellowwood Cape York Cape York Peninsula capful capibara capillarity capillary capillary action capillary artery capillary bed capillary fracture capillary tube capillary tubing capillary vein capillary vessel capital capital account capital cost capital expenditure capital gain capital gains tax capitalisation