Defenition of the word carat

• Defenition of the word carat

  • A measure of weight for precious stones; 200 milligrams.
  • The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy.
  • a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
  • the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold

Synonyms for the word carat

• • Karat

Meronymys for the word carat

• • decigram
  • dg
  • g
  • gm
  • gram
  • gramme

Hypernyms for the word carat

• • metric weight unit
  • unit
  • unit of measurement
  • weight unit

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