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kast

UK/kæst/

kast noun: a type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Noun

kast (plural kasts or kasten)

  1. A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
    • At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times
    • The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Kast

Kast (plural Kasts)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of kast

Noun
pluralkasts
pluralkasten
Proper noun
pluralKasts

Origin of kast

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.

* As a German surname, from Kast, a spelling variant of Karst, the dropping of the r being common in northern dialects, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”). * As an Alemannic German surname, from the medieval personal name Arbogast. * See also the etymology at Gast.

Words that rhyme with kast

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Questions about kast

What does kast mean?
Kast means a type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries.
What part of speech is kast?
Kast can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kast?
Kast is pronounced /kæst/ (UK).
What is the plural of kast?
The plural of kast is kasts.

Words near kast in the dictionary

  1. Kassons
  2. Kassos
  3. kassu
  4. Kassubian
  5. Kassubians
  6. kast
  7. Kastalia
  8. Kastalian
  9. Kastamonu
  10. kastane
  11. kastanes

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