ghat

or ghaut

[ gawt, got ]

noun(in India)
  1. a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.

  2. a mountain pass.

  1. a mountain range or escarpment.

Origin of ghat

1
1595–1605; <Hindi ghāṭ<Sanskrit ghaṭṭa

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How to use ghat in a sentence

  • More by token I had come out on the river-line close to the burnin' ghat and contagious to a cracklin' corpse.

    Soldier Stories | Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for ghat

ghat

/ (ɡɔːt) /


noun(in India)
  1. stairs or a passage leading down to a river

  2. a mountain pass or mountain range

  1. a place of cremation

Origin of ghat

1
C17: from Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghatta

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