kelp
Any of several large brown algae seaweedsAny of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
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Examples
14 sentencesDo people from your country eat kelp?
Sea urchins eat seaweed such as kelp.
The sea otter swam through the kelp forest.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
Seetang, Tang, Kelp
бу́рая во́доросльbúraja vódoroslʹ, ламина́рияlaminárija
large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
(countable, uncountable)The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
(dialectal)A hook or crook by which a pot is hung over a fire.
(obsolete)A sheath.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English *kelpe, culpe, *kilpe (Early Modern English kilpe), of uncleInherited from Middle English *kelpe, culpe, *kilpe (Early Modern English kilpe), of unclear origin, though the attested forms point to Old English *cylp, possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kulpi, from Proto-Germanic *kulpiz (“lump, boll”, referencing the airsacks of species such as bladderwrack and knotweed), potentially a substrate term connected to Latin globus (“globe”) and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clump”).
From Middle English kelpe, kylpe, from Old Norse kilpr (“the handle of a vessel, loop”). Related to Old Norse kelpa (“otter trap”).
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Forms
plural: kelpsSynonyms
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17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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