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Meaning of Capstone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkæpˌstoʊn

Definitions

  1. Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
  2. A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.

Equivalents

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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