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Noun cap has 8 senses
- cap - a tight-fitting headdress
--1 is a kind of headdress, headgear
--1 has parts: earflap, earlap
--1 has particulars: | balaclava, balaclava helmet; Balmoral, bluebonnet; baseball cap, jockey cap, golf cap; bathing cap, swimming cap; beret; biggin; biretta; calpac, calpack, kalpac; cloth cap, flat cap; cockscomb, coxcomb; coonskin cap, coonskin; fez, tarboosh; garrison cap, overseas cap; Glengarry; kalansuwa; kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap; liberty cap; mobcap; mortarboard; nightcap; pinner; sailor cap; shower cap; ski cap, stocking cap, toboggan cap; skullcap; tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy; watch cap; wishing cap |
- cap - a top (as for a bottle)
--2 is a kind of top, cover
--2 has particulars: bottlecap, bottle-cordk; radiator cap
- detonator, detonating device, cap - a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
--3 is a kind of explosive device
--3 has particulars: blasting cap; percussion cap
- cap - something serving as a cover or protection
--4 is a kind of protective covering, protective cover, protection
--4 has particulars:
- cap, pileus - a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
--5 is a kind of plant part, plant structure
--5 is a part of fungus
- ceiling, cap - an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"
--6 is a kind of control
--6 has particulars: glass ceiling
- crownwork, cap - dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a tooth
--7 is a kind of dental appliance
- capital, chapiter, cap - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
--8 is a kind of top
--8 is a part of column, pillar
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