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knee-cap

knee-cap is the alternative spelling of kneecap.

Meaning of kneecap

Noun

kneecap (plural kneecaps)

  1. The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
  2. A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
  3. A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.

See all 5 meanings of kneecap

Forms of knee-cap

pluralknee-caps

Words formed from knee-cap

Questions about knee-cap

What is knee-cap the alternative spelling of?
Knee-cap is the alternative spelling of kneecap.

Words near knee-cap in the dictionary

  1. knee-band
  2. knee-bands
  3. knee-breeches
  4. knee-buckler
  5. knee-bucklers
  6. knee-cap
  7. knee-capping
  8. knee-cappings
  9. knee-caps
  10. knee-cords
  11. knee-crooking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knee-cap (page history and authors); kneecap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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