ket

noun (1)

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\ ˈket \

plural ket

Definition of ket

(Entry 1 of 4)

1 dialectal, British

a : carrion

b : filth, rubbish

2 dialectal, British : a good-for-nothing person

ket

noun (2)

\ " \

plural ket

Definition of ket (Entry 2 of 4)

Scottish

: a fleece of wool

Ket

noun (3)

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plural Ket or Kets

Definition of Ket (Entry 3 of 4)

1a : a people of the middle Yenisei region of Siberia

b : a member of such people

2 : the Yeniseian language of the Ket people

ket-

combining form

variants: or keto-

Definition of ket- (Entry 4 of 4)

1 usually keto-

a : containing the ketone group keto hexose —in names of classes of compounds — compare ald-

b : containing a ketone group regarded as formed by replacement of two hydrogen atoms in a methylene group by oxygen —in names of specific organic compounds ketopropionic acid — compare ox-

c usually italic : containing an unmodified ketone group —in names of open-chain ketonic forms of specific sugars keto-d-fructose — compare aldehydo- sense 1

2 : related to a ketone ketoxime — compare ald-

History and Etymology for ket

Noun (1)

Middle English, flesh, meat, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kjöt flesh, meat, Old Swedish köt, kiot, kiöt; perhaps akin to Sanskrit guda bowel, rectum

Noun (2)

probably alteration of cot entry 3

Combining form

International Scientific Vocabulary, from ketone