Kelp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɛlp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kelp is a noun meaning Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
Meaning
Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
More Meanings
- The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
- (intransitive) To gather kelp.
- (dialectal) A hook or crook by which a pot is hung over a fire.
- (obsolete) A sheath.
Example Sentences
Underneath the area demarcated by the buoys, Ms Puckett plants kelp—a type of seaweed—on long ropes that resemble washing lines.
Just before we reached Seward the pilot got a radio message that a fishing boat in Thumb Cove had some kelp […] Neither of us had ever kelped before but there wasn't much to it, and we started bringing in full boxes back to Eads' barge.
Word Forms
- kelps
- kelping
- kelped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include seaweed, algae, alga, microalgae, kilp, kilpe.
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