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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kelp \Kelp\ (k[e^]lp), n. [Formerly kilpe; of unknown origin.] The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine. (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed. Note: Laminaria is the common kelp ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales). 2 The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
KELP may refer to: the ICAO code for the El Paso International Airport KELP (AM) , a radio station (1590 AM) licensed to El Paso, Texas, United States KELP-FM , a radio station (89.3 FM) licensed to Mesquite, New Mexico, United States
Usage examples of kelp.
The sloops hung on the offing, the hunting brigades, led by Baranof in one of the big skin canoes, paddling for the surf wash and kelp fields of the boisterous, rocky coast, which sea-otter frequent in rough weather.
Nodding donkeys walked up the cliff stair carrying panniers filled with kelp and dulse, wrack, oar weed, and laver.
To 4 litres of water he adds 2 tablespoons of fish emulsion, 2 tablespoons of powdered kelp and 2 tablespoons of soap.
Graves studied the vast thing and saw in her mind the glyphic arts as practiced at sea: compacted kelp shaved and whittled into little heirloom boxes, miniature portrait busts of children.
Ambrose Lutterworth, apparent victim of a sailing mishap off Point Loma, were found entangled in the kelp beds by a fishing trawler on May 6, the date of the first Kiwi victory.
Segnbora said to the first ouzel, which had come back with a piece of kelp nearly twice its size.
A mop-headed Rasta groupie with a tubular stoned look watched, and a coyote with a kelp mane howled with his head thrown back.
The breeze was warm, and Anton detected a sour tang of blooming aquatic plant life, rafts of large orange flowers like a crossbreed of lily pads and ribbony kelp.
Kelp gave him an alert look, but first Bernard had to taste his Sambuca, then he had to put a sugar cube in his espresso.
Hers were the kelp and upcast amber, hers the fish, fowl, seals, great whales, and ships.
Walking across the floor, with Kelp still behind him, he went down a concrete ramp past another parking level with more dusty cars, and at the third level down walked out past a lot of less dusty cars to a brown Volkswagen Microbus with red side curtains.
It was the eternally optimistic Kelp who had first met the old coot, named Hiram Rangle, and brought him around to the OJ.
Clumps of dried air-weed and red kelp were encrusted across the bitumened plates of the pontoon, shrivelled and burnt by the sun before they could reach the railing around the laboratory, while a dense refuse-filled mass of sargassum and spirogyra cushioned their impact as they reached the narrow jetty, oozing and subsiding like an immense soggy raft.
Full Fathom Five had gotten four stars inThe Epicure and dropshafts carried diners to the bottom to dine in elegance while watching the electro stims put on their regularly scheduled shows among the kelp beds.
She stopped at a foursome two booths down and served two plates of steamed seafood in kelp boats, plus one of chilled noodles with peanut-miso sauce and another of a variety of meats and vegetables deep-fried tempura style.