chott
UK/ʃɒt/US/ʃɑt/
chott noun: a dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
Noun
chott (plural chotts)
Synonyms of chott
Forms of chott
| plural | chotts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | shott |
| alternative form | shatt |
| alternative form | shat |
Origin of chott
Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.
Words that rhyme with chott
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- blot
- rot
- apricot
- ribat
- bot
- got
- not
- red-hot
- snot
- stot
- tot
- calotte
- jot
- a lot
- allot
- clot
- cot
- fembot
- frot
- mot
- quat
- swot
- white-hot
- begot
- cannot
- forgot
- garrote
- grot
- marotte
- not so hot
- nott
- Nouakchott
- overshot
- piping hot
- scot
- scrot
- sot
- subplot
- swat
- thot
- wot
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
Questions about chott
- What does chott mean?
- Chott means a dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
- What part of speech is chott?
- Chott is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chott?
- Chott is pronounced /ʃɒt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chott?
- The plural of chott is chotts.
Words near chott in the dictionary
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