kit
kit1 definition
kit (kit)
noun
- Brit., Dialectal a small wooden tub or bucket for holding fish, butter, etc.
- personal equipment, esp. as packed for travel
- a set of tools or implements
- equipment for some particular activity, sport, etc. a first-aid kit, a salesman's kit
- a set containing a number of parts to be assembled a model airplane kit
- a box, bag, or other container for carrying such parts, equipment, or tools
- Informal lot; collection: now chiefly in ☆ the whole kit and caboodle, everybody or everything
Etymology: ME kyt < MDu kitte, container made of hooped staves
kit2 definition
kit (kit)
noun
kit3 definition
kit (kit)
noun
a tiny fiddle used by 16th- through 18th-cent. dancing masters
Etymology: Early ModE: abbrev. < ? cithara
Kit definition
Kit (kit)
noun
- a masculine name
- a feminine name
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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