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Webster 1913 Edition

Geat

Geat

(gēt)
,
Noun.
[See
Gate
a door.]
(Founding)
The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting.
[Written also
git
,
gate
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Geat

GEAT

,
Noun.
The hole through which metal runs into a mold in castings.

Definition 2024

Geat

Geat

See also: geat

English

Noun

Geat ‎(plural Geats)

  1. (historical) A member of a North Germanic tribe formerly occupying modern Götaland in Sweden.

Translations

Anagrams

geat

geat

See also: Geat

English

Alternative forms

Noun

geat ‎(plural geats)

  1. The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mould in casting.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

geat

  1. past participle of atten

Declension

Inflection of geat
uninflected geat
inflected geatte
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial geat
indefinite m./f. sing. geatte
n. sing. geat
plural geatte
definite geatte
partitive geats

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ġæt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gatą. Compare Old Norse gat.

Noun

ġeat n

  1. a gate

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: ȝeat, ȝat, ȝate, ȝet, gat, gate

Etymology

From Old English Gēat, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz ‎(“Geat”).

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