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Definition cap in British English

cap noun

[countable] noun
/kæp/
1

a soft hat with a stiff part called a peak that comes out over your eyes

Example

a baseball cap

Example

an elderly man in a peaked cap

Synonyms and related words
balaclava bandanna baseball cap
1.1

a soft hat that people wear as part of a uniform

Example

a nurse's/chauffeur's/sailor's cap

Example

a school cap

Synonyms and related words
balaclava bandanna baseball cap
1.2

a soft hat that you wear to protect or cover your hair

Example

a swimming/bathing/shower cap

Synonyms and related words
balaclava bandanna baseball cap
2

a lid or part that fits over the top of something

Example

Meg screwed the cap back on the bottle.

Synonyms and related words
bung cap compartment
3

a limit on the amount of money that you can spend or charge

Example

Airlines began to impose a $50 cap on commissions for domestic flights.

Example

The government introduced new spending caps for local authorities.

Synonyms and related words
red line limit constraint bargain beat down bottom out
4

the top part of a mountain

Example

the hills with their snowy caps

Synonyms and related words
brae brink the brow
4.1

the top part of a wave

Synonyms and related words
backwash billow breaker
5

a hard cover fixed to a tooth to protect it or replace part of it

Synonyms and related words
amalgam brace bridge
6

if a football, rugby, or cricket player wins a cap, they play for their country in an international match

Example

He won seventeen caps for England in the 1990s.

Synonyms and related words
backhand backhander ball
6.1

a player who has played for their country's team

Example

Barber is joined in the midfield by the England cap Nick Pickering.

Synonyms and related words
all-American A. N. Other back
7

a rubber object that a woman puts inside her vagina so that she can have sex without getting pregnant

Synonyms and related words
abortion abortionist barrier method
8

a small amount of explosive that is used to make a loud noise in a toy gun called a cap gun

Synonyms and related words
action figure balloon beanbag
Definition cap in British English

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