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Kish

Kish

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Noun.
[Cf. G.
kies
gravel, pyrites.]
(Min.)
A workman’s name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

Definition 2024

Kish

Kish

See also: kish and kʼish

English

Proper noun

Kish

  1. An ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.

Anagrams

kish

kish

See also: Kish and kʼish

English

Noun

kish ‎(plural kishes)

  1. a basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf
    • 1922: Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Etymology 2

Compare German Kies gravel, pyrites.

Noun

kish ‎(uncountable)

  1. The graphite formed incidentally in iron smelting.

Anagrams

Cahuilla

Noun

kísh

  1. A house

Etymology

From Irish cis, ceis ‎(“basket, hamper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃ

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