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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cap

1	n v	a tight-fitting headdress lie at the top of
2	n v	an upper limit on what is allowed restrict the number or amount of
3	n	a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cap

n a tight-fitting headdress

Types:: show 31 types...; hide 31 types...; balaclava, balaclava helmet
a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face; Balmoral, bluebonnet
a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side; baseball cap, golf cap, jockey cap
a cap with a bill; bathing cap, swimming cap
a tight-fitting cap that keeps hair dry while swimming; beret
a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth; biggin
a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin; berretta, biretta, birretta
a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy; calpac, calpack, kalpac
a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus; cloth cap, flat cap
a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak; cockscomb, coxcomb
a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red; coonskin, coonskin cap
a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back; fez, tarboosh
a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown; garrison cap, overseas cap
a wedge-shaped wool or cotton cap; worn as part of a uniform; Glengarry
a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress; kalansuwa
a cap that is wrapped around by a turban and worn by Muslim religious elders; kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap
a cap with a flat circular top and a visor; liberty cap
close-fitting conical cap worn as a symbol of liberty during the French Revolution and in the U.S. before 1800; mobcap
large high frilly cap with a full crown; formerly worn indoors by women; mortarboard
an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top; nightcap
a cloth cap worn in bed; pinner
a woman's cap with two long flaps pinned on; sailor cap
a cap worn by sailors; shower cap
a tight cap worn to keep hair dry while showering; ski cap, stocking cap, toboggan cap
a close-fitting woolen cap; often has a tapering tail with a tassel; skullcap
rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head; tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy
a woolen cap of Scottish origin; watch cap
a knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weather; wishing cap
a magical cap that secures whatever one wishes for; beanie, beany
a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen; coif
a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law; yarmelke, yarmulka, yarmulke
a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)

Type of:: headdress, headgear
clothing for the head

n something serving as a cover or protection

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; distributor cap
the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs; collet, ferrule
a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting; hubcap
cap that fits over the hub of a wheel; lens cap, lens cover
cap used to keep lens free of dust when not in use; thimble
a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be used as a small container

Type of:: protection, protective cover, protective covering
a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

n a top (as for a bottle)

Types:: bottlecap
a cap that seals a bottle; nipple
a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier; radiator cap
cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added

Type of:: cover, top
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

n (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

Synonyms:: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown

Type of:: dental appliance
a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth

n a protective covering that is part of a plant

Synonyms:: hood

Type of:: cover, covering, natural covering
a natural object that covers or envelops

n a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

Synonyms:: pileus

Type of:: plant part, plant structure
any part of a plant or fungus

n the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Synonyms:: capital, chapiter

Type of:: top
the upper part of anything

v lie at the top of

“Snow capped the mountains”

Synonyms:: crest

Type of:: lie
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

n an upper limit on what is allowed

“they established a cap for prices”

Synonyms:: ceiling, roof

Types:: glass ceiling
a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions

Type of:: control
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

v restrict the number or amount of

“We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club”

Type of:: circumscribe, confine, limit
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

n a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

Synonyms:: detonating device, detonator

Types:: blasting cap
a small tube filled with detonating substances; used to detonate high explosives; percussion cap
a detonator that explodes when struck

Type of:: explosive device
device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy

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