WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ket
(ket),USA pronunciation n., pl. Kets, (esp. collectively) Ket for 1.
ket-,
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Language Varietiesa member of an indigenous people of central Siberia, living in widely dispersed communities on tributaries of the Yenisei River, between 60° and 67° N latitude.
- Language Varietiesthe Yeniseian language of the Ket, related only to several now extinct languages of the upper Yenisei. Also called Yenisei Ostyak.
- Ket: Ket, man, human being
- Russian
ket-,
- var. of keto- before a vowel:ketene.
ke•to
(kē′tō),USA pronunciation adj. [Chem.]
keto-,
- Chemistryof or derived from a ketone.
- independent use of keto- 1910–15
keto-,
- Chemistrya combining form representing ketone in compound words:ketolysis.
'Ket' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
basket case
- basket chair
- basket dinner
- basket fern
- basket fish
- basket flower
- basket-handle arch
- basket hilt
- Basket Maker
- basket star
- basket weave
- Birket Karun
- black market
- blanket chest
- blanket roll
- blanket sheet
- blanket stitch
- blanket toss
- buyers' market
- call market
- chlordecone
- chlorthalidone
- Common Market
- curb market
- dimethylketol
- discount market
- disjasked
- emerging market
- European Common Market
- fair market price
- farmers' market
- flea market
- futures market
- gray market
- Hudson's Bay blanket
- hydrazone
- job market
- kerb market
- ketamine
- ketene
- keto
- ketose
- ketosis
- kettle base
- kettledrum
- kettle hat
- kettle hole
- kettle of fish
- kettle stitch