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• a variation of chott.

shott

American  

[shaht] / ʃɑt /

noun

• shotts
  plural

1. Geology. a variant of chott.

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shott British  

/ ʃɒt /

noun

1. a shallow temporary salt lake or marsh in the North African desert

2. the hollow in which it lies

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shott Scientific  

/ shŏt /

1. A shallow lake or marsh with brackish or saline water, especially in northern Africa. Shotts are dry during the summer, at which time they are also characterized by salt deposits and a lack of vegetation.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• shotts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of shott

C19: via French chott from Arabic shatt

Example Sentences

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shott shotts

Hee shott in a harquebuse at birds, wherein hee was so perfect and excellent, as hee did kill larkes as they were flying. . . .

From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas

Our ships damage is the Mizentopmast shott close by the cap and it was a miracle stood soe long and did not fall in the rogues sight.

From Great Pirate Stories by Joseph Lewis French

But for the hedge we might descry them within two muskett shott.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

Att 6 that evening saw the lookt for island, and the Pirate came up with us on our starboard side within shott.

From Great Pirate Stories by Joseph Lewis French

We had but just crossed the River when Mr. Banks shott three Ducks at one shott, which surprised them so much that most of them fell down as though they had been shott likewise.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by James Cook

There will be charges savd then; for my part I am but one, and there are shotts enough.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen