cap
- noun
- /kæp/
- Specialized
- The people like my former neighbor Vecina Anna, whose smile reveals a glimpse of the metal cap on her tooth.
- dental cap
- porcelain cap
- gold cap
She permanently glued veneer caps over her existing teeth.
- She permanently glued veneer caps over her existing teeth.
- I'm about to fill my six cavities up with Silver Caps.
Examples
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After a period of recovery, I got a little metal cap, then my crown.
Blog text (26) -
And once a cap fell off my tooth and I swallowed it.
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I had a cap put in here, right?
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Instead of getting root canals and caps, people would just get their teeth pulled.
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The dental practices, like root canals and caps, that allow us to keep our teeth today were not done.
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"Twenty years ago, dentists were still doing teeth with gold instead of making caps out of porcelain, unless you were a movie star."
Fiction book (1995) -
It's his dental caps.
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That's when I lost my front tooth to the porcelain cap I now wear; her safety belt protected her from all but minor bruises.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her crown looked quite delicate, a kind of lace cap made of hammered gold inset with bright-colored gems.
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After the accident, the dentist recommended that I get a cap to restore my broken tooth.
Synonyms
A hard cover made to fit over a broken or weak tooth to protect it
An artificial cap placed over a broken or decayed tooth
A hard cap placed over a broken or decayed tooth to make it look and work like a real tooth
Idioms
To make a big decision you cannot change that may be risky
Compounds
A thick layer of ice and snow that always covers large land areas like the poles or mountain tops
- Specialized
A company or stock with a small market value, often under one billion dollars
- US
A tight knitted wool cap that covers the head and ears, often with a point or tassel
- Specialized
A protective cover in a car engine that holds the wires to the spark plugs
- Specialized
A small cup-shaped device that fits over the cervix to prevent pregnancy
A cover for the radiator opening that holds the cooling liquid and keeps pressure
- UK
A hat with a flat round top and a stiff front that sticks out, worn by police or army
- Specialized
A small plant that lives for more than one year with a seed pod shaped like a bishop's hat
- Specialized
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
A very poisonous white mushroom that can kill people and is often mistaken for edible mushrooms
A small forest plant with a low leaf cluster and tiny green flowers on thin stems
- Archaic
A cone-shaped paper hat teachers put on students' heads to shame them long ago
- Specialized
A small group of cells at the tip of a plant root that protects it as it grows through soil
- US
A close-fitting knitted hat with a hanging tail or pom-pom that you wear in cold weather
A North American wildflower with orange-red spotted petals that point downward
How Invasive
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Cap for a dental cover comes from the old cappa idea of a cover or hood, meaning here a small cover that fits over a tooth. So a dental 'cap' is like a little 'crown' that protects the tooth.