wat

[ waht ]

noun

1. a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.

wat

/ wɑːt /

noun

1. a Thai Buddhist monastery or temple

Word History and Origins

Origin of wat¹

1870–75; < Thai < Sanskrit vāṭa enclosure

Word History and Origins

Origin of wat¹

Thai, from Sanskrit vāta enclosure

Example Sentences

He took the first known photographs of the temple of Angkor Wat, in the country known today as Cambodia.

From BBC

For our main dish, we shared a combination plate with stews and vegetables, including all my favorites, like doro wat, a Berber spiced chicken served with an egg, quosta, stewed spinach with garlic and onion, and yemisir wat, red lentils cooked in the same Berber sauce as doro wat.

From Salon

It contains the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to 15th centuries, including the temple of Angkor Wat.

From Seattle Times

Among other things, families have had to take on heavy debt to build even basic houses, and there is little work to be found, said Montse Ferrer, the head of Amnesty’s research team investigating the Angkor Wat resettlements.

From Seattle Times

A tattered Cambodian flag flaps gently in the scorching midday sun on her corner lot, its depiction of the Angkor Wat temple barely still visible, while her brother scoops water from a clay cistern onto a neighbor’s cow that he tends during the day.

From Seattle Times