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Plural of carat

regular plural

The plural of carat is carats.

Forms of carat

Singularcarat /ˈkæ.ɹət/
Pluralcarats
Countablecountable

Carats in a sentence

  • The quarter contains 4 thermoi, 8 carats.1982, “Metrology (3455–3460)”, in A[dam] Bülow-Jacobsen, J[ohn] E[dwin] G[eorge] Whitehorne, editors, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Graeco-Roman…. From the entry thermos

Meaning of carat

  1. noun A metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.
  2. noun Any of several small units of mass used for measuring precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 189–212 mg.
  3. noun A 24-point scale used to measure the purity of gold.

Full definition of carat

Questions about the plural of carat

What is the plural of carat?
The plural of carat is carats.
Is carat countable?
Carat is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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