bottle cap

American  

noun

• bottle caps
  plural

1. a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bottle caps
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bottle cap

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Example Sentences

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bottle cap

There’s a predictable resistance of In my day we fished with a wooden stick and a bottle cap and caught fish the size of Buicks, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Blessed with extraordinary hand-eye coordination, Rodriquez developed into an accomplished baseball pitcher as well, one who also could smack a pitched bottle cap with a broomstick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024

“During our experiments with tactile sensors,” he says, “we found that tasks like unstacking cups and opening a bottle cap were significantly harder—and perhaps more useful—than rotating objects.”

From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023

Their preferred LiDAR device was designed for surveyors, so powerful it can accurately scan the dimensions of a bottle cap sitting on a window sill 60 stories up.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022

“Oh, please, call me Marlena,” she says, popping the bottle cap.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen