chott
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chott
- /ʃɒt/ UK
- /ʃɑt/ US
Sounds like shott, shot · Rhymes with -ɒt, -ɑt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.
noun chotts · shott · shatt · shat
- A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
