Definition of nape Nape

nape

We found 8 definitions of nape from 6 different sources.

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What does nape mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: napes

nape - the back side of the neck
  scruff, nucha
  back end, backside, rear the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • nape (n.)
    The back part of the neck.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • nape
    The back part of the neck.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • nape
    nāp, n. the back upper part of the neck, perhaps so called from the knob or projecting point of the neck behind. [Knap, knob.]

Part of speech

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  • nape, noun, singular of napes.

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nape in sign language
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