kit
A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
Noun 4 meanings
A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
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.
A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
“Always carry a good first-aid kit.”
Verb 2 meanings
To assemble or collect something into kits.
“We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.”
To equip (somebody) with something.
Etymology
From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown.
KIT at a glance
KIT has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (K 5 + I 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,436 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with kit
All rhymes- SKIT8
- TOOLKIT11
- LOOKIT10
- ROOTKIT11
- IDENTIKIT14
- STICKIT13
- WESKIT13
- SLEEKIT11
- DROOKIT12
- GLAIKIT12
- MUSKIT12
- BANKIT12
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