Associations to the word «Kelp»

Wiktionary

KELP, noun. Any of several large brown seaweeds (order Laminariales).
KELP, noun. The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
KELP GULL, noun. A black-backed gull found throughout much of the Southern Hemisphere; Larus dominicanus.

Dictionary definition

KELP, noun. Large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats