Definition of "nape" []

• The back of the neck. (noun)

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• "The creature's pudgy hands rested on the sleek arch of his belly; his nape was a roll of sooty fat that seemed to thrust his bullet head forward."
• "And she gradually noticed how the fine hairs on his nape were the color of Spanish gold; how his hands were large enough to hold her together."
• "The creature's pudgy hands rested on the sleek arch of his belly; his nape was a roll of sooty fat that seemed to thrust his bullet-head forward."