Synonyms for kelp
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kelp |
| Phonetic Transcription : kɛlp |
Définition of kelp
Origin :- 1660s, from Middle English culpe (late 14c.), of unknown origin. Kelper "native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands" is attested from 1960.
- As in algae : noun rootless, leafless plants living in water
- Kelp, or sea-weed, is used with advantage where it can be obtained.
- Extract from : « The Cauliflower » by A. A. Crozier
- The others, looking off toward the kelp, then see more of the birds.
- Extract from : « The Land of Fire » by Mayne Reid
- A ton of kelp is obtained from 20 to 22 tons of wet sea-weed.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7 » by Various
- If basalt be used, the proportion of kelp may be diminished.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
- Then, too, a big bed of the kelp is a great break to the sea.
- Extract from : « Jack the Young Canoeman » by George Bird Grinnell
- A great old cod, red with iodine from the kelp, gave her a thrill.
- Extract from : « Witches Cove » by Roy J. Snell
- “Tangled round some kelp before,” she told herself disappointedly.
- Extract from : « Witches Cove » by Roy J. Snell
- Before she could draw him in he had fouled the line among the kelp.
- Extract from : « Witches Cove » by Roy J. Snell
- It is olive-green, thus simulating in color the kelp among which it lives.
- Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
- We were "caught" and floundered about in the kelp while the water surged around us.
- Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
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