ALL meanings of karat
kar·at
K k - noun karat unit of purity of gold 1
- noun karat (US) A unit of fineness or concentration of gold equalling 1/24 part of gold in an alloy. 1
- noun karat a unit for measuring the fineness of gold, pure gold being 24 karats fine. Abbreviation: k., kt. 1
- combining forminadjective karat Karat is used after a number to indicate how pure gold is. The purest gold is 24-karat gold. 0
- noun karat a measure of the proportion of gold in an alloy, expressed as the number of parts of gold in 24 parts of the alloy 0
- noun karat one 24th part: a measure of the relative amount of pure gold combined with an alloy 0