Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Abbreviation of Katie (given name)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial
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name
Initialism of Central Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Cretaceous–Tertiary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: K/T, K-T, K/Pg, K-Pg, KPg
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Initialism of Knight of the Thistle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
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noun
Alternative form of kt..
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Abbreviation of knight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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noun
post-nominal letters for knight bachelor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: karat, carat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unit of measurement, unit
History
Shortening of Katie, which is pronounced the same way as just the letters KT.
Shortening.
Across languages
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