kit
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (3)kits
- a case for containing a set of articlesType of caseKinds toilet kit, ditty bag
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purposeSynonyms: outfitType of gear, paraphernaliaKinds layette, first-aid kit, sewing kit, carpenter's kit, mess kit
- young of any of various fur-bearing animals“a fox kit”Type of young mammal
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Translations
Noun collection of items needed for a specific purpose
Noun equipment of a soldier
- Spanish
- equipo
- French
- équipement
- Italian
- equipaggiamento
- Turkish
- teçhizat
- Polish
- rynsztunek
- Greek
- εξάρτυση exártysi
- Finnish
- pakkaus
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
To cut. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
Origin: See Kitten.
A kitten.
Kit fox Zoology, a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.
Origin: Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.
A small violin. “A dancing master's kit.” Nehemiah Grew
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.— Charles Dickens
Origin: Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.
1. A large bottle.
2. A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel. Thomas Wright
3. A straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket. dialect (England) James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
4. A box for working implements.
5. Hence: A collection of tools or other objects to be used for a specific purpose, often contained in a box which may be carried conveniently; a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like; as, a plumber's kit; a doctor's kit; a cosmetic kit; a first-aid kit.
6. A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; — used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them; the whole kit and kaboodle.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<jargon> (Usenet, possibly from DEC) Slang for a full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level README file. The more general term distribution may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are required. [Jargon File]
(1994-11-18)
The Jargon File
[Usenet; poss.: fr.: DEC slang for a full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade] A source software distribution that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level README file. The more general term distribution may imply that special tools or more stringent conditions on the host environment are required.