/kæp/
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Translation
A soft flat hat with a stiff curved part at the front. It can also be the small lid of a bottle or pen.
Word origin
From Old English caeppe, from Late Latin cappa, a head covering.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- cappa
- English cognates
- cape
Grammar
Gender
Pluralcaps
Examples
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A cap is a soft hat with a curved part at the front.
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Here "cap" is the same soft hat, worn the other way round.
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Here "cap" means the small lid that closes a bottle.
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