Main Entry: ¹kit

Pronunciation: \ˈkit\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English

Date: 14th century

1 dialect British : a wooden tub
2 a (1) : a collection of articles usually for personal use <a travel kit> (2) : a set of tools or implements <a carpenter's kit> (3) : a set of parts to be assembled or worked up <a model-airplane kit> (4) : a packaged collection of related material <a convention kit> (5) chiefly British : gear <run over to my billet and get some overnight kit — Lionel Shapiro> b : a container for any of such sets or collections
3 : a group of persons or things —usually used in the phrase the whole kit and caboodle