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kelt

/kɛlt/

kelt noun: a thin, recently spawned iteroparous salmon. Also the pronunciation spelling of kilt.

Noun (1)

kelt (plural kelts)

  1. A thin, recently spawned iteroparous salmon.

Noun (2)

kelt

  1. (Scotland) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.
    • ye've a very raggit kelt on1725, Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd

Noun (3) capitalized: Kelt

Kelt (plural Kelts)

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of Celt.

Also used as

kelt is also the pronunciation spelling of kilt.

Forms of kelt

pluralkelts
pluralKelts

Origin of kelt

Compare Icelandic kult (“quilt”).

Words that rhyme with kelt

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about kelt

What does kelt mean?
Kelt means a thin, recently spawned iteroparous salmon.
What part of speech is kelt?
Kelt is a noun.
How do you pronounce kelt?
Kelt is pronounced /kɛlt/.
What is the plural of kelt?
The plural of kelt is kelts.

Words near kelt in the dictionary

  1. kelson
  2. kelsons
  3. Kelston
  4. Kelsy
  5. Kelsys
  6. kelt
  7. kelter
  8. kelters
  9. Keltic
  10. Kelticize
  11. keltium

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