karat

What does karat mean?

karat means "the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold".

How many syllables are in karat?

karat has 2 syllables: kar-at. The stress falls on "kar". In IPA it is /ˈkɛɹət/.

What is another word for karat?

Close synonyms include carat, kt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is karat a common word?

karat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with karat?

1 word rhymes with karat. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for karat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.