Chott Definition

zhät
noun
Webster's New World
The depression surrounding a salt marsh or lake, especially in North Africa.
American Heritage
The bed of a dried salt marsh.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Chott

Noun

Singular:
chott
Plural:
chotts

Origin of Chott

  • French from Arabic šaṭṭ bank, coast from šaṭṭa to exceed, deviate śṭṭ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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