wat — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

   Related words

   chedipagodastupa

   Examples

   There are two wats near this village.

   Angkor Wat

   More examples (5)

   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.

   Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.

   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, […]

   It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name

   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.

Noun

1. A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

   Examples

   In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.