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cap

 
 
/kæp/ noun [C]

Definition

HAT a hat with a flat, curved part at the front: a baseball cap
LID a small lid that covers the top or end of something → See also skull cap
(Definition of cap noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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