celt
noun
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
celt
1 American
[selt]
/ sɛlt /
noun
Archaeology.
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celts
plural
Celt
2
American
[kelt, selt]
/ kɛlt, sɛlt /
noun
Celt.
3
American
Or
Celt
abbreviation
Celt
1
British
/ sɛlt, kɛlt /
noun
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a person who speaks a Celtic language
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a member of an Indo-European people who in pre-Roman times inhabited Britain, Gaul, Spain, and other parts of W and central Europe
celt
2
British
/ sɛlt /
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of celt1
1705–15; < Late Latin *celtis chisel, found only in the ablative case celte (Vulgate, Job XIX, 24)
Origin of Celt2
1695–1705; < Latin Celtae (plural); in Greek Keltoí (plural)
Example Sentences
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On June 4, during a break from working on the structure, he held a celt - a polished, cylindrical, foot-long piece of stone used as a woodworking tool by prehistoric native Americans.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2020
“A celt is a kind of battle-axe,” said Arthur, surprising the magician with this piece of information more than he had been surprised for several generations.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The wonders of modern technical art are child's-play compared to the difficulties with which the anthropoid ape succeeded in making the first stone celt.
From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Ernst Viktor Zenker
We observed one very large jade celt, eighteen inches long, found, we understood, in the Butte de Tumiac.
From Brittany & Its Byways by Mrs. Bury Palliser
The stone axe, or celt, was first made for a distinct service, but, in order to perfect its usefulness, its lines became more perfect and its surface more highly polished.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
It is not just the adults who have had an incredible time, but Fflur, 12 and Celt, 10, from Cardigan, Ceredigion, who have come with their parents and are staying in an apartment.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2022
By Adrienne Celt Simon & Schuster: 320 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
That makes them hundreds of years older than the oldest artifacts generally considered to be Celtic — relics unearthed from Celt homelands of continental Europe, most notably around Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2016
Many of the rest were religious periodicals, but the list includes the American Celt, the Poultry Record, Whipple’s Daily Fire Reporter and Scholars’ Quarterly.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2014
More than any Celt of whom history tells, he is the epitome of the Celt.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
"The Celt. vind," observes Gluck, "comes from the same root as the Goth. hveit; it stands for cvind with an intrusive n; the root is cvid = the Germ. root hvit."
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Stokes’s trans., in Rev. Celt., ix. 453-95, x. 50-95.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans Wentz
The -ros in Melrose is more probably the equivalent of Cornish ros, a moor; thus Melrose=the Celt. maol-ros, 'bare moor.'
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
To the Celt. dubr, Welsh dwfr, water, are by common consent referred the names in the second division of the undermentioned.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Vind., from roth, violent, and dan, Celt. and Hebr. a judge!
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
Researchers also uncovered celts, or ax heads, made from shell and stone, including some made from basalt that likely came from the distant Appalachians.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 10, 2023
No trace of a stop-ridge is ever found on copper celts.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
Bronze celts are usually plain, but some are ornamented with ridges, dots or lines.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The evidence for this period is the large number of flat copper celts which have been found in the north and south, and east and west, of the country.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
The socketed celts are, as a rule, unornamented; but there are a few which have been found in Ireland which are ornamented with ribs ending in pellets.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
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