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kists

kists is the plural of kist.

kists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kist.

Meaning of kist

Noun (1)

kist (plural kists)

  1. (Scotland) A chest.
    • the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair; 1), page 17
  2. (Scotland) A coffin.

Noun (2)

kist (plural kists)

  1. (British, India) An individual installment of the yearly land revenue.

See all 6 meanings of kist

Proper noun capitalized: Kists

Kists

  1. (plural) plural of Kist

Questions about kists

What is kists the plural of?
Kists is the plural of kist.
What part of speech is kists?
Kists is a proper noun.

Words near kists in the dictionary

  1. kistmutgar
  2. kistmutgars
  3. Kistner
  4. Kistners
  5. kistrin
  6. kists
  7. kistvaen
  8. kistvaens
  9. Kisumu
  10. kiswa
  11. kiswah

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