caddy.
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
Meaning & usage
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
A small lidded bin for food waste.
A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop.
Where this word comes from
An alteration of catty (“(unit of) weight used in China, equivalent to 1⅓ pounds avoirdupois (about 0.605 kilograms)”), borrowed from Malay kati (“weight used in China, Indonesia, and Japan”), from Tamil கட்டி (kaṭṭi, “measure of weight; clod, lump”), from கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to coagulate, congeal, or consolidate (into a concretion); to harden”).
Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”)
I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Where this word comes from
A variant of caddie (etymology 1).
Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”).
Caddy, pass me my five iron.
Where this word comes from
A variant of caddie (etymology 1).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.