karat
noun/ˈkærət/
/ˈkærət/
(North American English) (also carat especially in British English)
(abbreviation ct)
- a unit for measuring how pure gold is. The purest gold is 24 karats.Topics Maths and measurementc2, Clothes and Fashionc2
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