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caddy.

A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkædi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkædi/General-American[-ɾi]General-American
  1. A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.

    also · attributive
  2. A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.

    broadly
  3. A small lidded bin for food waste.

    broadly
  4. A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.

    broadly
    Place the disc in the DVD caddy.
  5. 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.

    broadly
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”).

verb/ˈkædi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkædi/General-American[-ɾi]General-American
  1. Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”)

    intransitive
    I was honored to caddy for Tiger Woods at a charity golf game.
Where this word comes from

A variant of caddie (etymology 1).

noun/ˈkædi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkædi/General-American[-ɾi]General-American
  1. Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”).

    also · alt-of · alternative · attributive
    Caddy, pass me my five iron.
Where this word comes from

A variant of caddie (etymology 1).

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