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Definition of ghat in English: ghatnounɡɑːt 1(in South Asia) a flight of steps leading down to a river. Example sentencesExamples - Consequently, I spent most of my time in the field engaging with boatmen and other locals working on the ghats (landing steps leading to the river).
- Indian poets speak of the splendor of dawn here, when the golden sun shines on temple spires and ashrams, when thousands of pilgrims flock to the broad sandstone steps called ghats.
- Once, planning to shoot birds in flight, I took up position one morning on the ghat.
- Small cooking fires lit up the ghats leading down to the water.
- After washing the whole town's dirty linen on the ghat.
- 1.1 A level place on the edge of a river where Hindus cremate their dead.
Example sentencesExamples - At first he took us along the riverfront explaining about the burning ghats and the reasons why some corpses are cremated and others are not, like babies and holy men.
- Down at the cremation ghats, life - and death - continued as normal, irrespective of the tide of pilgrims swirling about them.
- As the family mourns and close relatives shave their heads, the body is transported to the funeral ghat (bank along a river), where prayers are recited.
- Familiar river scenes are shown as the boat ride progresses, such as a cow carcass floating in the river, the renowned cremation ghats and locals, as well as pilgrims, performing ritual ablutions.
- During this testimony, we see scenes of a Hindu funeral procession in India, which ends at a cremation ghat.
2(in South Asia) a mountain pass. Example sentencesExamples - Walking along the ghats to the Bhutanatha temples brought one to two priceless images.
- The drive down the ghats to the coast is breathtaking.
- If you are planning a sojourn on hilly terrain, sloping mountains or steep ghats, then this is the place.
Rhymes apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, dart, Eilat, fart, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat Definition of ghat in US English: ghat(also ghaut) noun 1(in South Asia) a flight of steps leading down to a river. Example sentencesExamples - After washing the whole town's dirty linen on the ghat.
- Small cooking fires lit up the ghats leading down to the water.
- Once, planning to shoot birds in flight, I took up position one morning on the ghat.
- Consequently, I spent most of my time in the field engaging with boatmen and other locals working on the ghats (landing steps leading to the river).
- Indian poets speak of the splendor of dawn here, when the golden sun shines on temple spires and ashrams, when thousands of pilgrims flock to the broad sandstone steps called ghats.
2(in South Asia) a mountain pass. Example sentencesExamples - Walking along the ghats to the Bhutanatha temples brought one to two priceless images.
- If you are planning a sojourn on hilly terrain, sloping mountains or steep ghats, then this is the place.
- The drive down the ghats to the coast is breathtaking.
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