capes
- 1Plural of cape.
Lighthouses stand on several of the capes along this stretch of coast.
The bullfighters' capes flashed pink and gold in the afternoon sun.
Note
Coastlines and wardrobes share this plural: capes are headlands pushing out into a sea or lake, or sleeveless garments hung from the shoulders. In slang the garment stands for its wearer, so capes can mean superheroes. The sense of convective available potential energy is uncountable and takes no part. The same spelling also serves the verb, as when a bullfighter capes a bull toward one spot.
capes is a form of cape
cape, noun: A sleeveless garment, or part of a garment, that hangs from the neck over the back, shoulders, and arms. Full entry
- Forms
- capecapes plural
- Spelling
- cape → capes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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