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goglet

goglet noun: a jar or vase of porous pottery for keeping water cool by evaporation.

Noun

goglet (plural goglets)

  1. A jar or vase of porous pottery for keeping water cool by evaporation.
    • […]Hurree Babu, rolling into the balcony to clean his teeth at a goglet.1901, Rudyard Kipling, Kim

goglet meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

goglet in Tamil

கஞ்சம்

goglet in Urdu

کوزہ

goglet in Kannada

ಹೂಜಿ, ಹೂಜೆ

Forms of goglet

pluralgoglets
alternative formgogglet
alternative formgorgolet
alternative formgugglet
alternative formguglet
alternative formgurglet
alternative formgurgulet

Origin of goglet

From Portuguese gorgoleta. Compare French gargoulette.

Questions about goglet

What does goglet mean?
Goglet means a jar or vase of porous pottery for keeping water cool by evaporation.
What is goglet in Tamil?
Goglet in Tamil is கஞ்சம். See Goglet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is goglet?
Goglet is a noun.
What is the plural of goglet?
The plural of goglet is goglets.

Words near goglet in the dictionary

  1. Goggleye
  2. goggling
  3. gogglings
  4. goggly
  5. gogl-mogl
  6. goglet
  7. goglets
  8. Gogmagog
  9. gogo
  10. Gogo-Yimidjir
  11. gogobera

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: goglet (page history and authors); goglet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); goglet (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); goglet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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