cape


Definition: Meaning of, cape in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / keɪp /

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Singular Plural
cape capes
[countable]
  1. a long loose piece of clothing without SLEEVE s that fastens around your neck and hangs from your shoulders
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  2. a large piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
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cape used in phrases

  • Cape Ann (noun)
    1. a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean
  • Cape Breton Island (noun)
    1. an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia
  • Cape Canaveral
    1. a CAPE ( 2) in Florida which is famous for the KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, where US spacecraft are sent into space. Cape Canaveral was formerly called Cape Kennedy.
  • Cape Cod
    1. a CAPE ( 2) in southern Massachusetts in the US which is a popular place for tourists
  • Cape Cod Bay (noun)
    1. the southern part of Massachusetts Bay
  • Cape Cod Canal (noun)
    1. a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay
  • Cape Colony (noun)
    1. a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
  • Cape Coloured (noun)
    1. a South African person of mixed race with black, white, or east Asian origins
  • Cape Fear (noun)
    1. a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean
  • Cape Fear River (noun)
    1. a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear
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