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n. (object) | 1. cape, ness | a strip of land projecting into a body of water. |
| ~ cape horn | a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego). |
| ~ lindesnes, naze | a cape at the southern tip of Norway. |
| ~ cape passero, passero cape | a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily. |
| ~ cape of good hope | a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town). |
| ~ cape may | a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| ~ cape fear | a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean. |
| ~ cape flattery | a cape of northwestern Washington. |
| ~ cape froward | a cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America. |
| ~ cape hatteras | a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" |
| ~ cape sable | a cape at the southwest tip of Florida; the southernmost part of the United States mainland. |
| ~ cape trafalgar | a small cape in southwestern Spain.; "Nelson defeated the French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar in 1805" |
| ~ cape york | the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula at the Torres Strait; the northernmost point of the Australian mainland. |
| ~ hoek van holland, hook of holland | a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam. |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| ~ skagens odde, skaw | a cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt. |
| ~ spit, tongue | a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea. |
n. (artifact) | 2. cape, mantle | a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter. |
| ~ chlamys | a short mantle or cape fastened at the shoulder; worn by men in ancient Greece. |
| ~ cloak | a loose outer garment. |
| ~ mantelet, mantilla | short cape worn by women. |
| ~ pelisse | a sleeveless cape that is lined or trimmed with fur. |
| ~ tippet | a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten. |
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