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noun
1.
any large, brown, cold-water seaweed of the family Laminariaceae, used as food and in various manufacturing processes.
2.
a bed or mass of such seaweeds.
3.
the ash of these seaweeds.
verb (used without object)
4.
to burn these seaweeds for their ash.
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Kelping
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Origin:
1350–1400; apparently dialectal variant of Middle English culp < ?
1350–1400; apparently dialectal variant of Middle English culp < ?
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Word Origin & History
kelp
1660s, from M.E. culpe (late 14c.), of unknown origin. Kelper "native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands" is attested from 1960.
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kelp  (kělp) Pronunciation Key
Any of various brown, often very large seaweeds that grow in colder ocean regions. Kelps are varieties of brown algae of the order Laminariales, with some species growing over 61 m (200 ft) long. Kelps are harvested as food (primarily in eastern Asia), as fertilizer, and for their sodium and potassium salts, used in industrial processes. Kelps are also a source of thickening agents and colloid stabilizers used in many commercial products. See more at brown alga. |
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