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chott.

A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɒt/UK/ʃɑt/US
  1. A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.