tatami
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
/təˈtɑːmi/
Definition of tatami
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
“Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts,”
“Small tools are spread on the tatami: a razor knife, a sprue cutter, curls of emery paper.”
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noun
-
Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
“Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts,”
“Small tools are spread on the tatami: a razor knife, a sprue cutter, curls of emery paper.”
- A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (tatami).
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