Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capstone

/ˈkæpˌstoʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: cap-stone
IPA: /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.

noun

A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.

verb

To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off.

Transitive verb

verb

To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program.

American usage; Informal; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"“You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity."
"Success of the Apollo program has been the capstone to a series of significant accomplishments for the United States in space in a broad spectrum of manned and unmanned exploration missions and in the application of space techniques for the benefit of man."
"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."
"“Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime."

Etymology

From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: capston

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

capstones (plural) capstones (present, singular) capstoning (participle, present) capstoned (participle, past) capstoned (past)

Phrases

capstone project

Frequently Paired Words

caprock keystone

Synonyms

capestane copestone coping stone stretcher finishing touch

Questions

How do you pronounce capstone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/.
What does capstone mean?: Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
Where does capstone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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