dunce cap
dunce cap · dunce caps
дурацкий колпак
Eselsmütze, Eselskappe
A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that the person is a dunceA conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that the person is a dunce.
» Tom had to wear a dunce cap.
Meaning
2 sensesA conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that the person is a dunce.
Eselsmütze, Eselskappe
дура́цкий колпа́кduráckij kolpák
The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.
More definitions
- a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
Examples
1 sentencesTom had to wear a dunce cap.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Forms
plural: dunce capsSynonyms
3 synonymsboth senses:dunce hat
Close in meaning
- a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils:dunce's capfool's cap