kast

From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old High German kasto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

• Rhymes: -æst

kast (plural kasts or kasten)

1. A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
   • 2007, January 19, “Roberta Smith”, in Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity‎:

     At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.

   • 2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times‎:

     The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.

• AKST, askt, kats, skat, task

From Old Norse kast, verbal noun to kasta (“throw”).

kast n (singular definite kastet, plural indefinite kast)

1. throw

• give sig i kast med
• opkast
• indkast
• udkast

kast

1. imperative of kaste

• “kast” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old High German kasto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-Germanic *kazą.

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/
• Rhymes: -ɑst

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kast f (plural kasten, diminutive kastje n)

1. cupboard, closet

• handschoenenkast
• ijskast
• kettingkast
• kledingkast
• kleerkast
• koelkast
• ladenkast
• linnenkast
• opbergkast
• vrieskast

• → Sranan Tongo: kasi

• stak

kas +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʃt]
• Hyphenation: kast

kast

1. accusative singular of kas

• IPA^(key): /kʰast/
• Rhymes: -ast

kast n (genitive singular kasts, nominative plural köst)

1. throw
2. fit, seizure

• (Courland) kastõ

From Proto-Finnic *kastadak.

kast

1. water
2. wet

From Old Norse kast

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta or kastene)

1. throw

• kaste (verb)

kast

1. imperative of kaste

• “kast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse kast

• IPA^(key): /kɑst/

kast n (definite singular kastet, indefinite plural kast, definite plural kasta)

1. throw (act of throwing something)

kast

1. imperative of kasta and kaste

• “kast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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kast n or c

1. throw; the flight of a thrown object
2. caste; an Indian hereditary social class

• uppkast
• nedkast
• inkast
• utkast

• kasta