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kit
CEFRA2
/ˈkɪt/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A set of tools, equipment, or items used for a particular purpose.
- 02
noun
A young fox or other animal.
Examples
I built the kit taking care not to make mistakes in the wiring.
Our P.E. kit was just shorts but now it's spats from today.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 2
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
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 circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
More examples
In contextChristopher is commonly known as Kit.
He was pushing a barrow on the fish dock, wheeling aluminium kits which, when full, each contain 10 stone of fish.
I built the entire car from a kit.
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Origin
noun
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. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin. The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century. The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in American English in the mid 20th century.