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kish

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kɪʃ/

Definition of kish

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf.
    “the whole kish emptied on [the turf-fire] at once... (c. 1)”
    “Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds.”
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noun

  1. A basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf.
    “the whole kish emptied on [the turf-fire] at once... (c. 1)”
    “Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds.”
  2. (uncountable)The graphite formed as a byproduct in iron smelting.

name

  1. (historical)An ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.
  2. A resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish cis, ceis (“basket, hamper”). Doublet of cesta.

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