How to pronounce“capstone”in English
IPA/ˈkæpˌstoʊn/
Syllablescap·stone
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noun
Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
noun
A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
““You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity.”
verb
To complete as a crowning achievement; to top off.
“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.”
verb
To train in the Capstone Military Leadership Program.
““Capstoned” units are now able to train and plan in peacetime with the command with which they will fight in wartime.”