caddy

Meanings

Plural: caddies

Noun

• a can for storing tea
• A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
• A (usually small) box, chest, or tin with a lid, and often with partitions, used to keep things in.
• A small lidded bin for food waste.
• A movable tray or other mechanism for holding (sometimes within a piece of equipment or machinery), securing, and transporting a removable component.
• A lightweight wheeled cart; specifically, one attached to a bicycle as a conveyance for a child, or pulled by hand and used to transport groceries away from a shop.
• Alternative spelling of caddie (“a person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice”).

Verb

• act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
• Chiefly followed by for: alternative spelling of caddie (“to serve as a caddy (noun sense) for a golfer”)

Synonyms

caddie, tea caddy