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galt

galt is the alternative form of gault.

Meaning of gault

Noun

gault (countable and uncountable, plural gaults)

  1. A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.
    • As he spoke, they turned off the main line of the rolling clays toward the foot of the chalk hills, and began to brush through short cuttings of blue gault and "green sand," so called by geologists, because its usual colours are bright brown, snow-white, and crimson.1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I

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Proper noun capitalized: Galt

Galt

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Sacramento County, California, United States.
  3. An island of the west coast of Florida
  4. A city in Iowa.
  5. A city in Missouri.

Forms of galt

alternative formGatt

Words formed from galt

Phrases with galt

Questions about galt

What does galt mean?
Galt means a surname.
What is galt the alternative form of?
Galt is the alternative form of gault.
What part of speech is galt?
Galt is a proper noun.

Words near galt in the dictionary

  1. Galstyans
  2. galsulfase
  3. Galsworthian
  4. Galsworthy
  5. Galsworthys
  6. galt
  7. galthrap
  8. galthrop
  9. galthrops
  10. Galtian
  11. Galton

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