Associations to the word «Ghat»

Wiktionary

GHAT, noun. (India) A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
GHAT, noun. (India) A mountain range.
GHAT, noun. (India) A mountain pass.
GHAT, noun. (India) A burning-ghat.

Dictionary definition

GHAT, noun. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats