Meanings
kast1
- A type of traditional cupboard produced by Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries
At Clifford A. Wallach tramp art rules absolutely, most unusually in a large cupboard that has the mass of a Dutch kast armoire and is painted light green.
2007 January 19, Roberta Smith, “Decorative Tradition, Laced With Bursts of Eccentricity”, in New York Times1 more example
The exhibition includes the kinds of Dutch furnishings that might have been found in 17th- century estates: pewter plates, silver bowls, brass candlesticks, Dutch tiles, Bible boxes, Delft jars and Dutch cupboards, called kasts.
2009 July 3, Wendy Moonan, “Exploring Dutch Legacy 400 Years After Hudson”, in New York Times
Kast2
Origin
kast · noun
- Proto-West Germanic*kastō
- Old Dutch*casto“chest, reservoir”
- Middle Dutchcaste“chest”
- Dutchkast
- Englishkast
From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.
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Full word history & related roots →Kast · proper noun
* As a German surname, from Kast, a spelling variant of Karst, the dropping of the r being common in northern dialects, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”). * As an Alemannic German surname, from the medieval personal name Arbogast. * See also the etymology at Gast.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Kast
- Kastsurname
Spanish Kast
- Kastsurname
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kast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kast
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