Kilo Lingo

/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

.

A cap is a soft hat with a curved part at the front.

.

Here "cap" is the same soft hat, worn the other way round.

.

Here "cap" means the small lid that closes a bottle.

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This word is part of lesson 47.