a kind of ... Definition

kind¹
noun

1. A group, class, sort, race or type.

Thesaurus: sort, brand, category, breed, family, genus, set, tribe, denomination, type, variety.
2. A particular variety or a specimen belonging to a specific variety.
3. Nature, character or distinguishing quality.

Example: differ in kind

Idiom: a kind of ...

Something like a ....
Example: a kind of magazine

Idiom: after its kind

According to its nature.

Idiom: in kind

Said of payment: in goods instead of money.

Said of repayment or retaliation: in the same form as the treatment received.
Thesaurus: similarly, in a similar fashion, in the same way.

Idiom: kind of (kinda)

colloq
Somewhat ; slightly.
Example: kind of old-fashioned
Thesaurus: moderately, somewhat, sort of (slang), having the nature of.

Idiom: nothing of the kind

Not at all; completely the reverse.

Idiom: of a kind

Of the same sort.
Example: three of a kind

Of doubtful worth.
Example: an explanation of a kind

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gecynd nature.

Info:

○ Like sort, kind gives rise to a usage difficulty when it is followed by of with a plural noun and needs to be preceded by a demonstrative pronoun this, that, these, those. The grammatical sequences in use are as follows:

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○ The first is sometimes rejected by language purists, but it is common especially in speech.