• Wat

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /wat/

    Origin 1

    From Thai วัด.

    Full definition of wat

    Noun

    wat

    (plural wats)
    1. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.There are two wats near this village.Angkor Wat
      • 1857, Sir John Bowring, The kingdom and people of Siam, 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.
      • 1982, Carlo Caldarola, Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East, Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.
      • 1996, James Bissett Pratt, The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage, page 194: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, ...
      • 1999, Steve Van Beek, The arts of Thailand, It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name
      • 2003, Joshua Eliot, Thailand handbook, 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.

    Pronunciation

    • UK enPR: wŏt, IPA: /wÉ’t/
    • Homophones: watt, what
    • Rhymes: -É’t

    Origin 2

    Variation of what.

    Pronoun

    wat

    1. (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

    Adverb

    wat

    1. (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

    Determiner

    1. (informal, Internet, text messaging) Alternative spelling of what

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