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kost.

food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʰʌsd̥]
  1. food (any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life)

    common-gender · no-plural
  2. diet (food a person or animal consumes, habitual consumption)

    common-gender · no-plural
  3. board (regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging)

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse kostr, from Middle Low German kost, koste, German Kosten, borrowed from Medieval Latin costa, which is derived from the verb constare.

noun[ˈkʰɔsd̥]
  1. broom, besom

    common-gender
  2. brush

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Swedish kvast, from Old Norse *kvǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz. Doublet of kvast ("tassel"), related to German Quaste (“tassel”), and Dutch kwast.

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