khud
/kʌd
/(also khad)
noun
(In India) a deep ravine or chasm: the town needs a bridge over the khud...
- The state government has yet to think of having a new bridge over the khud.
- This khud is also the main source of water supply for the town and its adjoining areas.
- Three people were killed when a utility vehicle fell into a khud at Lakhu Ghati, near Theog, today.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Hindi ḵaḍ.
- the unco guid
- the Underground
- the Union
- the university of life
- the upper crust
- the Upper House
- the Urals
- theurgic
- theurgical
- theurgist
- theurgy
- the very idea!
- the very same
- the villain of the piece
- the Virgin Birth
- the Virgin Queen
- the Visitation
- thew
- the Wain
- the Wall
- the Wallabies
- the watches of the night
- the water of life
- the way of the Cross
- the way of the world