Definitions for carrageen

carrageen car·ra·geen

Spelling: [kar-uh-geen]
IPA: /ˈkær əˌgin/

Carrageen is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 205 anagrams from letters in carrageen (aaceegnrr).

Definitions for carrageen

noun

  1. Irish moss.

Origin of carrageen

First recorded in 1825-35; named after Carrageen in SE Ireland

Examples for carrageen

Bandoline, a fixative for keeping hair in curl is commonly prepared from carrageen.

I have experimented with carrageen or Irish moss and the Sea-moss Farine preparation, and find them unsatisfactory.

carrageen is a word of Irish origin and was apparently originally applied to sea weeds in general.

carrageen costs but little, and is considered extremely salutary for persons of delicate constitutions.

If bought in larger quantities the expenses for carrageen can still be reduced.

The carrageen or Iceland moss, or lichen is one of the algae of the sea.

In another chapter upon ox-gall I shall explain why the colors used with carrageen size must be transferred on alum paper.

The rock seaweed (called dillisk) and carrageen moss are used.

carrageen smells slightly of iodine and when uncleaned tastes offensively salty.

After standing 24 hours, it can be used in the same way, as carrageen size.

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