car‧at /ˈkærət/
noun [countable] British English[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: Arabic qirat 'bean pod, small weight', from Greek keration 'carob bean, small weight']
1. (
also karat American English) a unit for measuring how pure gold is
9/18/22/24 carat gold
a 22 carat gold chain Pure gold is 24 carats.2. a unit for measuring the weight of jewels, equal to 200
milligrams:
the Orloff diamond, a stone of 194.5 carats [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲