Kit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  2. the case for containing these.
  3. such a case and its contents.
  4. a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled: a model car made from a kit.
  5. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons.
  6. a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular.
  7. a costume or outfit of clothing, especially for a specific purpose: ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit.
verb (used with object), kit·ted, kit·ting.
  1. to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
  2. to outfit or equip (often followed by out or up).
Idioms
  1. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded by whole): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.
noun
  1. a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries.
noun
  1. kitten.
  2. a young fox, beaver, or other small furbearing animal.
noun
  1. a male given name, form of Christopher.
  2. a female given name, form of Catherine or Katherine.
noun
  1. a set of tools, supplies, construction materials, etc, for use together or for a purpose
  2. the case or container for such a set
    • a set of pieces of equipment ready to be assembled
    • (as modifier)
    • clothing and other personal effects, esp those of a traveller or soldier
    • clothing in general (esp in the phrase get one's kit off)
  3. a flax basket
  4. everything or everybody
noun
  1. a kind of small violin, now obsolete, used esp by dancing masters in the 17th–18th centuries
noun
  1. an informal or diminutive name for kitten
  2. a cub of various small mammals, such as the ferret or fox
noun
  1. a plaited flax basket
abbreviation for
  1. keep in touch
Kit (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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