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Added 8 October 2026

cap

/kæp/ noun

Latin root: cappa Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cap at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.

verb

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

Origin

Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Proto-West Germanic *kappā (“covering, hood, mantle”), from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Doublet of cape, chape, and cope.

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