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burning-ghats

burning-ghats is the plural of burning-ghat.

Meaning of burning-ghat

Noun

burning-ghat (plural burning-ghats)

  1. (India) A flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre.
    • Now, whether I have done thee a wrong in keeping thee from the burning-ghât, do thou and the crows settle together.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 415

Questions about burning-ghats

What is burning-ghats the plural of?
Burning-ghats is the plural of burning-ghat.

Words near burning-ghats in the dictionary

  1. burning time
  2. burning times
  3. burning tongue syndrome
  4. burning up
  5. burning-ghat
  6. burning-ghats
  7. burning-glass
  8. burning-glasses
  9. burningbush
  10. Burningham
  11. Burninghams

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