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napes

/neɪps/

napes is the plural of nape.

napes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nape.

Meaning of nape

Noun (1)

nape (plural napes)

  1. The back part of the neck.
    • He was still stroking Radar, long glides of his hand from nape to tail.2022, Stephen King, chapter 8, in Fairy Tale, page 132
  2. The part of a fish or bird immediately behind the head.

Noun (2)

nape (plural napes)

  1. (obsolete) A tablecloth.

Noun (3)

nape (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Napalm.
    • RHAH: They got through Alpha Company! Anything behind you don't identify itself, blow it away. Two - air strike's coming in. They gonna lay snake and nape right on the perimeter so stay tight in your holes and don't leave 'em.1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)

See all 5 meanings of nape

Noun capitalized: NAPEs

NAPEs

  1. (plural) plural of NAPE

Words that rhyme with napes

Questions about napes

What is napes the plural of?
Napes is the plural of nape.
What part of speech is napes?
Napes is a noun.
How do you pronounce napes?
Napes is pronounced /neɪps/.

Words near napes in the dictionary

  1. Naperian logarithm
  2. Naperian logarithms
  3. naperies
  4. Naperville
  5. napery
  6. napes
  7. napestrap
  8. Napgate
  9. napha water
  10. naphazoline
  11. Napheys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: napes (page history and authors); NAPEs (page history and authors); nape (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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