capstone

[kap-stohn] Origin

cap·stone

[kap-stohn]
noun
1.
a finishing stone of a structure.
2.
the crowning achievement, point, element, or event.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English. See cap1, stone
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Capstone is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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capstone or copestone (ˈkæpˌstəʊn, ˈkəʊpˌstəʊn)
 
n
1.  one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
2.  mountaineering a chockstone occurring at the top of a gully or chimney
3.  a crowning achievement; peak: the capstone of his career
 
copestone or copestone
 
n

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capstone
topmost stone in a construction, 1685, from cap + stone. Earliest use is figurative.
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