cap (n.)

  1. a tight-fitting headdress

  2. a top (as for a bottle)

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

    [ Syn: detonator , detonating device ]

  4. something serving as a cover or protection

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

    [ Syn: pileus ]

  6. a protective covering that is part of a plant

    [ Syn: hood ]

  7. an upper limit on what is allowed; 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

    [ Syn: ceiling , roof ]

  8. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown

    [ Syn: crown , crownwork , jacket , jacket crown ]

  9. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

    [ Syn: capital , chapiter ]

    cap (v.)

  1. lie at the top of; Snow capped the mountains

    [ Syn: crest ]

  2. restrict the number or amount of; We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club'

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