as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
I prefer to take my medicine as caps rather than in liquid form
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as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
grabbed a cap and plopped it on his head before running out
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
a cap on player salary expenditures was suggested as a way to keep small market teams competitive
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as in to limit
to set bounds or an upper limit for
the senator will propose a bill to cap prices for home heating oil
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Recent Examples of cap
Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
The most common single-use plastic items included food wrappers, bottles, bottle caps/rings, cigarette butts, wipes, and fragments.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
The number of full-time employees permitted to work in DMV driver’s license offices is established by the General Assembly and capped at 568.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
His roster building is a constant churn, of course, especially in conjunction with managing the NFL salary cap and prospecting for and signing key free agents as the Chiefs diligently have this offseason.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
The most common single-use plastic items included food wrappers, bottles, bottle caps/rings, cigarette butts, wipes, and fragments.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
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The program would be capped at $1 billion for the 2026-27 fiscal period.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
The number of full-time employees permitted to work in DMV driver’s license offices is established by the General Assembly and capped at 568.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cap. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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