OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 40759

capstone

/ˈkæpˌstoʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coronación • coronamiento
Any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
culminación • curso apoteósico • curso apoteótico • curso culminante • logro coronador
A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch.
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…
“You see, I’ve never had a girl friend,” I added, by way of topping the obelisk of silliness with the capstone of fatuity.
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