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kelt

1 American  
[kelt] / kɛlt /

noun

  1. a salmon that has spawned.


Kelt 2 American  
[kelt] / kɛlt /

noun

  1. Celt.


Kelt 1 British  
/ kɛlt /

noun

  1. a variant of Celt

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kelt 2 British  
/ kɛlt /

noun

  1. a salmon that has recently spawned and is usually in poor condition

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of kelt

1300–50; Middle English (north) < ?

Example Sentences

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And that, Mr Kelt said, was "obviously the reaction we wanted".

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022

Mr Kelt admitted to some "head-scratching" after being commissioned to build the bull.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022

In an email to me, Falcon Northwest president Kelt Reeves says the design is quite similar, but he’s being far too modest — this refreshed FragBox is elegant.

From Forbes • May 1, 2013

In the first week of the war, an Israeli pilot in an F-4 intercepted a Kelt flying toward Tel Aviv and shot it down.

From Time Magazine Archive

On this face of the mountain there are thirty or forty caves - I think there are many more in the gorge of the Kelt, round on the south face.

From Daisy in the Field by Warner, Susan

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