"end cap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: end caps [plural], endcap [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} end cap (plural end caps)
  1. A display of goods for sale situated at an end of an aisle in a shop, perpendicular to the goods in the aisle.
    Sense id: en-end_cap-en-noun-en:shop Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 33 33
  2. Any of various capping devices that fit over the end of something, either as protection or to prevent loss of contents.
    Sense id: en-end_cap-en-noun-en:capping_device Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 33 33
  3. Any of various capping devices that fit over the end of something, either as protection or to prevent loss of contents.
    A piece of packaging insulation that surrounds one side of an object.
    Sense id: en-end_cap-en-noun-en:capping_device1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 33 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (capping device): Endkappe [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'capping device': 4 48 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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