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kief

kief is the alternative spelling of kif.

Meaning of kif

Noun

kif (uncountable)

  1. A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for its narcotic or intoxicating effects.
    • The kief, which is the flower and seeds of the plant, is the strongest, and a pipe of it half the size of a common English tobacco-pipe, is sufficient to intoxicate.1809, James Grey Jackson, chapter VIII, in An Account of the Empire of Marocco
  2. The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis.
  3. The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana, high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.

Proper noun capitalized: Kief

Kief

  1. (archaic) Archaic form of Kyiv.
  2. A hamlet in North Dakota.

Words that rhyme with kief

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Questions about kief

What does kief mean?
Kief means a hamlet in North Dakota.
What is kief the alternative spelling of?
Kief is the alternative spelling of kif.
What part of speech is kief?
Kief is a proper noun.

Words near kief in the dictionary

  1. kidz
  2. kie
  3. kiebosh
  4. Kiedrowski
  5. Kiedrowskis
  6. kief
  7. kiefekil
  8. Kiefer
  9. Kieff
  10. Kieffer
  11. Kieffers

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