cap

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noun

1 soft flat hat

ADJECTIVE

▪ school (esp. BrE), shower, skull (usually skullcap), stocking (AmE), trucker (AmE)

▪ ball (AmE), baseball, bathing, cricket, ski (esp. AmE), swim (AmE), swimming (esp. BrE)

▪ cloth (esp. BrE)

▪ flat, peaked (both esp. BrE)

▪ dunce (AmE), dunce's (BrE)

VERB + CAP

▪ doff (old-fashioned), tip

CAP + NOUN

▪ badge (BrE)

2 covering for the end/top of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ bottle (esp. AmE), hub, lens

▪ filler (esp. BrE), gas (AmE)

▪ screw

▪

The bottle has a screw cap.

VERB + CAP

▪ put on, screw on

▪

Put the cap back on the pen.

▪ remove, take off, unscrew

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verb

Cap is used with these nouns as the object: ↑pen