kish

K5I1S1H4
/kɪʃ/

noun

A basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf.

OriginIrish cis →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

kish1

nounkish (plural kishes)

plural kishes

  1. A basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf.

    the whole kish emptied on [the turf-fire] at once... (c. 1)

    1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer
    1 more example

    Ignorant as a kish of brogues, worth fifty thousand pounds.

    1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

kish2

nounkish (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe graphite formed as a byproduct in iron smelting.

Kish3

proper noun
  1. historicalAn ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.
  2. A resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf.

Origin

kish · noun

  1. Irishcis
  2. Englishkish

Borrowed from Irish cis, ceis (“basket, hamper”). Doublet of cesta.

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kish · noun

Compare German Kies (“gravel, pyrites”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with kish

wishdishpunishishswishradishFrischtishgishbishdelishAntigonishnishshishwhishghotiknishCounty of AntigonishflyschJew-ishslish
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Anagrams

Sikh
Cite this entry
APA

kish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kish

MLA

“kish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kish.

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