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cep^¹

/sɛp/

Rhymes with -ɛp

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

noun ceps · cèpe · cepe

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?
Similar: penny bun, porcini

CEP^²

noun CEPs

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of circular error probable The Circular Error Probable (CEPs) of SLBMs and SLCMs ought thus to be deliberately kept above the 'Hard Target Kill' (HTK) level.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of circular error probability
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of circle of equal probability
Singapore, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of current estimated potential, a prediction of a civil servant's highest attainable grade and his/her talent

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@misc{cep_2026,
  title = {cep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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