karats
Meaning of karats
- a measure of the purity of gold, pure gold being 24 carats.
22-carat gold
- a unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams.
a half-carat diamond ring
late Middle English: from French, from Italian carato, from Arabic qīrāṭ (a unit of weight), from Greek keration ‘fruit of the carob’ (also denoting a unit of weight), diminutive of keras ‘horn’, with reference to the elongated seed pod of the carob.
Information about karats
- It is a name.
- The singular form of karats is: karat.
- Languages in which karats is used:
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Hyphenation of karats
karats
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- karats is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of karats
Words that rhyme with karats
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