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Definition of cap:
a tight-fitting headdress
a top (as for a bottle) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive something serving as a cover or protection a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom a protective covering that is part of a plant 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" (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown" the upper part of a column that supports the entablature lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club" |