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A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.
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The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
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A special hat to indicate rank, occupation, etc.
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An academic mortarboard.
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A protective cover or seal.
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He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.
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A crown for covering a tooth.
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He had golden caps on his teeth.
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The summit of a mountain, etc.
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There was snow on the cap of the mountain.
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An artificial upper limit or ceiling.
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We should put a cap on the salaries, to keep them under control.
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The top part of a mushroom.
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(toy) A small amount of percussive explosive in a paper strip or plastic cup for use in a toy gun.
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Billy spent all morning firing caps with his friends, re-enacting storming the beach at Normandy.
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A small explosive device used to detonate a larger charge of explosives.
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He wired the cap to the bundle of dynamite, then detonated it remotely.
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A bullet used to shoot someone.
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An international appearance.
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Rio Ferdinand won his 50th cap for England in a game against Sweden.
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The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
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A respectful uncovering of the head.
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The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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The uppermost of any assemblage of parts.
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the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate
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Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
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A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
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A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
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A large size of writing paper.
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flat cap; foolscap; legal cap
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A lie or exaggeration.
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no cap