wat
/wæ(ː)t/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
name
A medieval English given name, short for Walter or from the Anglo-Saxon name Watt.
name
Example Sentences
- "There are two wats near this village."
- "Angkor Wat"
- "Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a wat, in order to give the men a rest."
- "Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions."
- "It would be a mistake, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of the wats or temples it hardly appears at all, […]"
- "It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wæ(ː)t/
- British English: /wat/
Usage
Subject
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