kelp
English
Etymology
14th c., from Middle English culp, culpe, kilp, but of unknown ultimate origin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kĕlp, IPA(key): /kɛlp/
- Rhymes: -ɛlp
Noun
kelp (countable and uncountable, plural kelps)
- Any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales).
- The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
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Translations
large seaweed of order Laminariales
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References
- “kelp” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Skeat, Walter William (1993): The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
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