Ghat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɔːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ghat is a noun meaning (India) A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
Meaning
(India) A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
More Meanings
- (India) A mountain range.
- (India) A mountain pass.
- (Caribbean) A steep ravine leading to the sea.
- (India) A burning-ghat.
Example Sentences
The abrupt escarpment of the western Ghats condenses so much of the moisture of the south-west monsoon
And farther south, in the interior of the Peninsula, in the elevated tract from 1200 to 2400 feet above the sea, between the Eastern and Western Ghats
Chunks of wood were being built into funeral pyres on the steps of the ghat that went down into the water; four bodies were burning on the ghat steps when we got there.
On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which Hindu dead are cremated—the fires are already lit, and mourners assemble by the hundred to accompany their loved ones at the end.
Word Forms
- ghats
- ghaut
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ghaut, burning-ghat, ghotul, gola, gote, ghoti.
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