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Word entry · 3 letters

cap

Best crossword clue

"Bottle closure"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /kæp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted acpStarts with CEnds with P12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. restrict the number or amount of

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

  • The children were all wearing caps to protect them from the sun.
  • That elf-maiden smote with her hand so white, “Sorrow and sickness on thee alight” That elf-maiden smote with her cap so small, “No more shall priest's benison on thee fall!”
  • He took the cap off the bottle and splashed himself with some cologne.

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Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Bottle closure3 letters
02Bottle cover3 letters
03Bottle lid3 letters
04Bottle top3 letters
05Bottle topper3 letters
06Brimmed head cover3 letters
07Cover for a marker3 letters
08Hat with a brim3 letters

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