"capstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-capstone.wav Forms: capstones [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|capston}} Middle English capston, {{compound|en|cap|stone}} cap + stone Head templates: {{en-noun}} capstone (plural capstones)
  1. Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone. Translations (any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall): Mauerkronenstein [masculine] (German), επιστέγασμα (epistégasma) [neuter] (Greek), lokasteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), höfuðsteinn [masculine] (Icelandic), clagh vullee [feminine] (Manx)
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  2. (figurative) A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch. Tags: figuratively Translations (a crowning achievement): krone på værket [common-gender] (Danish), bekroning [feminine] (Dutch), couronnement [masculine] (French), Höhepunkt [masculine] (German), Krönung [feminine] (German), επιστέγασμα (epistégasma) [neuter] (Greek), kórónan á verk (ið) (Icelandic), coronamento [masculine] (Italian), សមិទ្ធិផលធំធេង (sâmĭtthĭphlôthumthéng) (Khmer), венец (venec) [masculine] (Russian), krona på verket (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: capestane, copestone Derived forms: capstone project

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-capstone.wav Forms: capstones [present, singular, third-person], capstoning [participle, present], capstoned [participle, past], capstoned [past]
Etymology: From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|capston}} Middle English capston, {{compound|en|cap|stone}} cap + stone Head templates: {{en-verb}} capstone (third-person singular simple present capstones, present participle capstoning, simple past and past participle capstoned)
  1. (transitive) To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-capstone-en-verb-7zsUZNY2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 39 32 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 39 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 39 34 4
  2. (transitive, US, military, informal) To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program. Tags: US, informal, transitive Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-capstone-en-verb-I~1Jk2Pv Categories (other): American English Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caprock, keystone

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epistégasma",
      "sense": "any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επιστέγασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lokasteinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "höfuðsteinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clagh vullee"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krone på værket"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bekroning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "couronnement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Höhepunkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Krönung"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "epistégasma",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "επιστέγασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "word": "kórónan á verk (ið)"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coronamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sâmĭtthĭphlôthumthéng",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "word": "សមិទ្ធិផលធំធេង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "venec",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "венец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a crowning achievement",
      "word": "krona på verket"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "word": "caprock"
    },
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      "word": "keystone"
    }
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          "text": "Capstoning a decade's worth of linked short stories, The Quiet War (2008) was a vivid and tense novel about a solar system sliding into conflict.",
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          "text": "“Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.",
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