"lens cap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lens caps [plural]
Etymology: lens + cap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lens|cap}} lens + cap Head templates: {{en-noun}} lens cap (plural lens caps)
  1. (photography) The detachable cap that protects the camera lens when the camera is not in use. Categories (topical): Photography Translations (cap that protects a camera lens): 鏡頭蓋 (Chinese Mandarin), 镜头盖 (jìngtóugài) (Chinese Mandarin), lensklep [feminine] (Dutch), linssinsuojus (Finnish), capuchon de l’objectif [masculine] (French), objektívsapka (Hungarian), レンズキャップ (renzu kyappu) (Japanese), dekielek (Polish), ฝาครอบเลนส์ (Thai)

Inflected forms

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