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yakchal

yakchal is the alternative form of yakhchal.

Meaning of yakhchal

Noun

yakhchal (plural yakhchals)

  1. A type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran), that functions as an evaporative cooler, having a domed shape above ground and a subterranean storage space.
    • Furthermore, constructions such as the Yakhchal and Abanbar, which were built exclusively to stock water, had to have direct access to water courses.2014, Somaiyeh Falahat, Re-imaging the City, Springer, page 155

Forms of yakchal

pluralyakchals

Questions about yakchal

What is yakchal the alternative form of?
Yakchal is the alternative form of yakhchal.

Words near yakchal in the dictionary

  1. yakata
  2. Yakau
  3. yakayaka
  4. yakayake
  5. yakback
  6. yakchal
  7. yakchals
  8. yakdan
  9. yakdans
  10. Yake
  11. Yakel

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