Nape Definition

nāp, năp
noun
The back of the neck.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) A tablecloth.

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Synonyms:
verb

To bombard with napalm.

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Other Word Forms of Nape

Noun

Singular:
nape
Plural:
napes

Origin of Nape

  • From Middle English, from Old French nape, nappe (“a cloth"), from Medieval Latin nappa, napa (“cloth, table-cloth, sheet"), alteration of Latin mappa (“a cloth, napkin, towel"). More at map, apron.

    From Wiktionary

  • Unknown, circa 1300. Possibly from Old French hanap (“goblet"), as there is a hollow at the base of the skull.

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  • Short for napalm.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nape Sentence Examples

  • Her forehead rested in the nape of his neck, and she focused on the steady, slow rhythm of his heartbeat.

  • The typical forms belonging to this family are distinguished by the large dewlap or pouch situated beneath the head and neck, and by the crest, composed of slender elongated scales, which extends in gradually diminishing height from the nape of the neck to the extremity of the tail.

  • Nonsense! cried the count, suddenly reddening with an apoplectic flush over neck and nape as old people do.

  • The typical genus Macropus, in which the muzzle is generally naked, the ears large, the fur on the nape of the neck usually directed backwards, the claw of the fourth hind-toe very large, and the tail stout and tapering, includes a large number of species.

  • The muzzle is naked, the fur on the nape of the neck directed more or less completely forward, and the hind-limbs are less disproportionately elongated.

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Words Starting With

NNANAP

Words Ending With

EPEAPE

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Words Starting With N and Ending With E

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