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English noun: cap | |||
| 1. | cap (artifact) a tight-fitting headdress | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | headdress, headgear | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | balaclava, balaclava helmet, Balmoral, baseball cap, bathing cap, beret, berretta, biggin, biretta, birretta, bluebonnet, calpac, calpack, cloth cap, cockscomb, coonskin, coonskin cap, coxcomb, fez, flat cap, garrison cap, Glengarry, golf cap, jockey cap, kalansuwa, kalpac, 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, tarboosh, toboggan cap, watch cap, wishing cap, yachting cap | ||
| Part holonym | earflap, earlap | ||
| 2. | cap (artifact) a top (as for a bottle) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, top | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bottlecap, nipple, radiator cap | ||
| 3. | cap (artifact) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | explosive device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blasting cap, percussion cap | ||
| 4. | cap (artifact) something serving as a cover or protection | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protection, protective cover, protective covering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | collet, distributor cap, ferrule, hubcap, lens cap, lens cover, thimble | ||
| 5. | cap (plant) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom | ||
| Synonyms | pileus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plant part, plant structure | ||
| Part meronym | fungus | ||
| 6. | cap (object) a protective covering that is part of a plant | ||
| Synonyms | hood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, covering, natural covering | ||
| Part meronym | flora, plant, plant life | ||
| 7. | cap (communication) an upper limit on what is allowed | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | ceiling, roof | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | control | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | glass ceiling | ||
| 8. | cap (artifact) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | ||
| Samples | Tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown. | ||
| Synonyms | crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dental appliance | ||
| Domain category | dental medicine, dentistry, odontology | ||
| 9. | cap (artifact) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | ||
| Synonyms | capital, chapiter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | top | ||
| Part meronym | column, pillar | ||
English verb: cap | |||
| 1. | cap (stative) lie at the top of | ||
| Samples | Snow capped the mountains. | ||
| Synonyms | crest | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lie | ||
| 2. | cap (change) restrict the number or amount of | ||
| Samples | We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | circumscribe, confine, limit | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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