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Definition of karat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

karat

noun

/ˈkærət/

/ˈkærət/

(North American English)

(also carat especially in British English)

(abbreviation ct)

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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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