Meaning of wat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A medieval English given name, short for Walter or from the Anglo-Saxon name Watt.
2. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
3. A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
4. Abbreviation of Waterford.
   abbreviation, alt-of

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Examples

“There are two wats near this village.”

“Angkor Wat”

“Having at last⟳ got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a wat, in order⟳ to give⟳ the men a rest⟳.”

“Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.”

“It would be a mistake⟳, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of the wats or temples it hardly appears at all, […]”

“It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name⟳”

“The ubosoth is in a small enclosure just before the main entrance to the wat, on the right, which has fine gilded doors. The wat has a small museum.”

“In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.”

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