Carat, karat, karet or karot may refer to:
In the gem business:
- Carat (mass), a unit of mass for gemstones, equal to 0.2 gram
- Carat (purity) or karat, a unit of purity for gold
In Judaism:
- Kareth or Karet, a biblical punishment decreed by Heaven
In entertainment:
- Carat (board game), an abstract tile-based German-style board game
- Karat (band), a rock band from East Germany
In media and advertising:
- Carat, Sifow's 3rd single
- Carat UK, UK advertising agency
People:
- Prakash Karat, Indian politician, General Secretary (2005-) of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- Brinda Karat, Indian politician, Member of Parliament
- KARAT, a KGB codeword for former FBI Agent & convicted spy Robert Hanssen
Places:
- Karot, Pakistan village in the Punjab, Pakistan 33°36′N 73°36′E / 33.6°N 73.6°E / 33.6; 73.6
Military:
- Programme CARAT, Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training, annual held naval exercise of the armed forces the United States, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Other:
- Karat (fruit), a variety of banana found in the Pacific Islands
- Karat (airline), an airline in Russia
- Karet, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Karat, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- Karat Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- AMS Carat, a motorized sailplane
- Karat, an early Agfa cartridge for 35 mm film
Famous quotes containing the word carat:
“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)