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ghat
also ghaut (gôt, gät)n.
A broad flight of steps leading down to the bank of a river in India, used especially by bathers.
[Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghaṭṭaḥ, probably of Dravidian origin; akin to Telugu kaṭṭu, gaṭṭu, dam, embankment.]
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ghaut
(ɡʌt)n
(Physical Geography) Caribbean a small cleft in a hill through which a rivulet runs down to the sea
[C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat]
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