ghatnoun [ C ]
uk/ɡɑːt/us/ɡɑːt/Indian Englishghat noun [ C ] (AREA NEAR RIVER)
a set of steps leading down to a river or lake
also burning ghat a place at the edge of a river where Hindus cremate (= burn) dead people
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Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- billabong
- brook
- burn
- creek
- downriver
- Euphrates
- flume
- headwater
- Mississippi
- R, r
- rapids
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
ghat noun [ C ] (ROAD)
a road or path through mountains
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Roads: pedestrian routes
- alley
- boardwalk
- bridle path
- cart track
- causeway
- crazy paving
- esplanade
- maze
- nature strip
- path
- pathless
- pathway
- pavement
- paver
- sidewalk
- stepping stone
- stile
- the highways and byways idiom
- trackless
- trail
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Geography: hills & mountains