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dunce caps

dunce caps is the plural of dunce cap.

Meaning of dunce cap

Noun

dunce cap (plural dunce caps)

  1. A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that the person is a dunce.
  2. The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.
    Synonyms:
    dunce hat

Questions about dunce caps

What is dunce caps the plural of?
Dunce caps is the plural of dunce cap.

Words near dunce caps in the dictionary

  1. Duncanson
  2. Duncansons
  3. Duncanville
  4. dunce
  5. dunce cap
  6. dunce caps
  7. dunce hat
  8. dunce hats
  9. dunce's cap
  10. duncedom
  11. duncehead

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