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yakhchals

yakhchals is the plural 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

Questions about yakhchals

What is yakhchals the plural of?
Yakhchals is the plural of yakhchal.

Words near yakhchals in the dictionary

  1. yakfest
  2. yakfests
  3. yakgwa
  4. Yakhai
  5. yakhchal
  6. yakhchals
  7. yakhdan
  8. yakhdans
  9. yakhni
  10. yakhontovite
  11. yaki

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