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carrat

carrat is the obsolete form of carat.

Meaning of carat

Noun

carat (plural carats)

  1. A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.
  2. (historical) Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
  3. A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.
    • 18-carat gold is 75% gold by mass. 24-carat gold is pure.

Forms of carrat

pluralcarrats

Questions about carrat

What is carrat the obsolete form of?
Carrat is the obsolete form of carat.

Words near carrat in the dictionary

  1. Carrascal
  2. Carrasco
  3. Carrascos
  4. Carrasquillo
  5. Carrasquillos
  6. carrat
  7. Carrathool
  8. carrats
  9. Carrauntoohil
  10. Carrauntoohill
  11. carraway

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