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Meaning of quat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/kwɒt/

Definitions

  1. A pustule.
    obsolete
  2. A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
  3. Alternative spelling of khat.
    alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  4. An annoying, worthless person.
    obsolete

Examples

“I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense, And he grows angry.”
““Because quats are positively charged, and skin proteins have a slightly negative charge, quats like to attach themselves to skin,” said Greg Nole, a manager at Unilever, the parent company of Vaseline and Dove.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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