kit
1 of 5noun (1)
ˈkit 
1
a(1)
: a collection of articles usually for personal use
a travel kit
(2)
: a set of tools or implements
a carpenter's kit
(3)
: a set of parts to be assembled or worked up
a model-airplane kit
(4)
: a packaged collection of related material
a convention kit
(5)
chiefly British : gear
run over to my billet and get some overnight kit
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: a container for any of such sets or collections
2
: a group of persons or things —usually used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle
3
dialectal British : a wooden tub
kit
2 of 5verb
kitted; kitting
transitive verb
chiefly British
: equip, outfit —often used with up or out
kit
3 of 5noun (2)
: a small narrow violin
kit
4 of 5noun (3)
1
: kitten
2
: a young or undersized fur-bearing animal (such as a beaver, fox, or raccoon)
also : its pelt
kit
5 of 5abbreviation
kitchen
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- accoutrements
- accouterments
- apparatus
- equipment
- gear
- hardware
- material(s)
- matériel
- materiel
- outfit
- paraphernalia
- stuff
- tackle
Verb
- accoutre
- accouter
- equip
- fit (out)
- furnish
- gird
- outfit
- provision
- rig
- supply
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English
Noun (2)
origin unknown
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Verb
1919, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1520, in the meaning defined above
Noun (3)
1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing kit
Kids Definition
kit 1 of 2
noun
ˈkit
1
: a set of articles for personal use
a travel kit
2
: a set of tools or supplies
a first-aid kit
3
: a set of parts to be put together
a model-airplane kit
kit
2 of 2noun
: a young fur-bearing animal
a fox kit
kit
noun
as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity soldiers were dispatched to get their kit Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- equipment
- gear
- apparatus
- hardware
- stuff
- material(s)
- facilities
- tools
- paraphernalia
- materiel
- tackle
- accoutrements
- accessories
- machinery
- outfit
- matériel
- accouterments
- instruments
- fittings
- resources
- battery
- arsenal
- baggage
- apparel
- attire
- impedimenta
- attachments
- appurtenances
- belongings
- armory
- trappings
- appliances
- armamentarium
- assets
- raiment
- habiliments
Phrases Containing kit
- rock cedar
- rock chestnut oak
- rock chute
- rock climb
- rock climber
- rock climbing
- rock club moss
- rock cock
- rock cockle
- rock cod
- rock cork
- rock cornish
- rock cornish game hen
- Rock Cornish hen
- rock crab
- rock cranberry
- rock cress
- rock crystal
- rock dash
- rock dassie
- Rock Day
- rock dove
- rock drill
- rock dust
- rock eel