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Meaning of cap

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cap
      n 1: a tight-fitting headdress
      2: a top (as for a bottle)
      3: a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount
         of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a
         disrupting explosive [syn: {detonator}, {detonating device},
         {cap}]
      4: something serving as a cover or protection
      5: a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that
         forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
         [syn: {cap}, {pileus}]
      6: a protective covering that is part of a plant [syn: {hood},
         {cap}]
      7: 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" [syn:
         {ceiling}, {roof}, {cap}]
      8: (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial
         crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist
         will fit me for a crown" [syn: {crown}, {crownwork},
         {jacket}, {jacket crown}, {cap}]
      9: the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
         [syn: {capital}, {chapiter}, {cap}]
      v 1: lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" [syn: {cap},
           {crest}]
      2: restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number
         of people we can accept into our club"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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