kali
/ˈkæli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of British crystalline sweet or candy, similar in appearance to sherbet but made with larger sugar crystals.
Uncountable
name
A goddess in Hinduism, one of the most significant figures within that religion, who destroys evil forces and bestows liberation.
name
A female given name from Sanskrit used especially in India.
Example Sentences
- "But the kali is principally regarded, on account of its yielding copiously, when burnt, the fixed alkaline salt called soda[…]"
- "[M]any women will be glad to know exactly how to start making sweets so that they will be saleable. [...] Lozenges, comfits, kali, bonbons, etc."
- "The stock is supplied by Sela Traditional Sweet Co., based in Thynne Street, West Bromwich, which has been making a vast range of boiled sweets—sarsaparilla tablets, kali, clove balls, lime juice bricks, rosy apples and the rest—since 1882."
- "A positive shower of sherbets. Include fountains, lemons, dibdabs, flying saucers, even jars of Kali."
- "Kālī is Śiva's "other" wife, as it were, provoking him and encouraging him in his mad, antisocial, often disruptive habits. It is never Kālī who tames Śiva but Śiva who must becalm Kālī."
- "To many Hindu Bengalis, Kālī is the most important divinity. Identified with the great Goddess, Devi Bhagavati, she subsumes all other goddesses."