Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghaut

/ɡɔːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: ghaut
IPA: /ɡɔːt/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of ghut (“ravine leading to the sea”).

noun

Archaic form of ghat (“mountain pass; stairway descending to a river”).

Indian usage; Archaic

Example Sentences

"Runaway Ghaut in the Lonely Planet Guide Ghauts (pronounced guts) are steep ravines that send rainwater rushing down from the mountains into the sea. The most famous is Runaway Ghaut, on the side of the road just north of Salem. According to legend, those who drink from it will return to Montserrat time and again."
"[Some] houses have special ghauts or flights of steps to the river, and for the rest public ghauts suffice."
"In villages the people mostly occupy thatched dwellings with brick in mud or mud walls. Above the ghauts many houses are terraced with a tenaceous clay, in […]"

Etymology

See ghut, ghat, and gaut.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ghauts (plural)

Homonyms

gaut

Questions

How do you pronounce ghaut?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɔːt/.
What does ghaut mean?: Alternative form of ghut (“ravine leading to the sea”).
Where does ghaut come from?: See ghut, ghat, and gaut.

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