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school cap

school cap noun: a soft, brimless, close-fitting hat featuring a short visor or peak at the front; historically made of wool or cloth and primarily by children; often feature school colors or an emblem.

Noun

school cap (plural school caps)

  1. A soft, brimless, close-fitting hat featuring a short visor or peak at the front; historically made of wool or cloth and primarily by children; often feature school colors or an emblem.
    • [of John Lennon:] inset, in 1945 in his school cap from Doverdale Primary in the Penny Lane neighborhood2020, The Editors of PEOPLE, “George”, in PEOPLE Celebrating Beatlemania, page 27

Forms of school cap

pluralschool caps

Questions about school cap

What does school cap mean?
School cap means a soft, brimless, close-fitting hat featuring a short visor or peak at the front; historically made of wool or cloth and primarily by children; often feature school colors or an emblem.
What part of speech is school cap?
School cap is a noun.
What is the plural of school cap?
The plural of school cap is school caps.

Words near school cap in the dictionary

  1. school books
  2. school bus
  3. school bus yellow
  4. school buses
  5. school busses
  6. school cap
  7. school captain
  8. school child
  9. school children
  10. school class
  11. school classes

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