chott

noun

variants or shott

ˈshät

plural -s

: a shallow saline lake of northern Africa

also : the dried bed of such a lake

Word History

Etymology

French & Arabic; French chott, from Arabic shaṭṭ

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Rhymes for chott

• aught
• baht
• blot
• bott
• bought
• brought
• caught
• clot
• cot
• cott
• dot
• fought