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CAPSTONE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does capstone mean?

• CAPSTONE (noun)
The noun CAPSTONE has 2 senses:

1. a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
2. a stone that forms the top of wall or building

Familiarity information: CAPSTONE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CAPSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

capstone; copestone; finishing touch

Hypernyms ("capstone" is a kind of...):

touch (deftness in handling matters)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A stone that forms the top of wall or building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

coping stone; capstone; copestone; stretcher

Hypernyms ("capstone" is a kind of...):

stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)

Holonyms ("capstone" is a part of...):

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

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