Cep

//sɛp// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

    "Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?"

  2. 2
    An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:; Initialism of circular error probable. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The Circular Error Probable (CEPs) of SLBMs and SLCMs ought thus to be deliberately kept above the 'Hard Target Kill' (HTK) level."

  3. 3
    An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:; Initialism of circular error probability. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:; Initialism of circle of equal probability. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms
boletuspenny bunpenny bunporciniporcino

Example

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"Ask yourself this question: How do we know that it is not dangerous for us to eat ceps and chanterelle mushrooms, but that we must never touch some others, such as deathcap mushrooms?"

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.

Related phrases

boletus edulis

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