kief

Everyday

1. A powder made from the tiny hairs on the flowers of the cannabis plant, which is a drug and is illegal in many countries. tree →
2. (old, North Africa and Middle East) A dreamy, lazy, peaceful feeling, as if half asleep. tree →

In the lessons

A rare word that children may meet in news or drug-safety lessons; drug education teaches that cannabis can harm a young person's growing brain and is illegal for children everywhere. In old travel books «kef» meant a pleasant dreamy rest. Phrases: smoke kief (drugs).

Examples

• Kief is made from the cannabis plant. tree →
• The police found kief and other drugs in the car. tree →
• Cannabis and kief can harm young people's brains. tree →
• In an old travel book, the writer lay in the sun in a state of kef. tree →
• Our drug-safety lesson explained why cannabis products are illegal for children. tree →
• Kief is not something to try or touch. tree →

Note

Uncountable. Spellings: kief, kif, keef, kef. Pronounced KEEF. It is linked to illegal drugs, so it is a word to understand, not to use. From Arabic «kayf» (pleasure).