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kit

  • noun
  • /ˈkɪt/

A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.

Other meanings

  1. A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.

  2. A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.

Example sentences

  • “She checked the survival kits.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Middle Dutch "kitte" (a wooden vessel made of hooped staves).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “kit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.