Meanings
kraft1
Kraft2
- A surname.
1 more example
According to Macklemore, Sheeran was under pressure from stadium owners rallied by Robert Kraft – the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and their Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where Sheeran was next slated to play – to drop Macklemore from the tour, lest the English singer be barred from their venues.
2026 September 14, Adrian Horton, “Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of strong, smooth brown wrapping paper.
More synonyms by meaning
nounstrong wrapping paper made from pulp processed with a sulfur solution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
kraft · noun
- Swedishkraft“strength”
- Englishkraft
Borrowed from Swedish kraft (“strength”) as used in kraftpapper. Doublet of craft.
More words from Swedish
Full word history & related roots →Kraft · proper noun
From German, Jewish, Swedish and Danish surname, from the noun Kraft (“strength, power”). Compare Croft and Craft.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
kraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kraft
“kraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kraft. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kraft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kraft.
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