Definitions for khat

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Spelling: [kaht]

IPA: /kɑt/

Khat is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in khat (ahkt).

Definitions for khat

noun

1. kat.
2. an evergreen shrub, Catha edulis, of Arabia and Africa, the leaves of which are used as a narcotic when chewed or made into a beverage.

Origin of khat

First recorded in 1855-60, kat is from the Arabic word qāt

Examples for khat

There it is the term in every-day use for any rough bedstead, such as the natives sleep on and call a khat.

The staff instantly opened, and out of it sprang a man, who said that his name was khat, a word which signifies begotten of wood.

Both are synthetic versions of a natural ingredient found in the East African khat plant.

Another plant universally used as a stimulant in Southern Arabia is khat (Catha edulis).