Definitions for Matsu

Matsu mat·su

Spelling: [mat-soo]
IPA: /ˈmæt su/

Matsu is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in Matsu (amstu).

Definitions for Matsu

noun

  1. a pine, Pinus massoniana, of China, yielding a wood used in furniture-making, the construction of houses, etc.
  2. Wade-Giles. an island off the SE coast of China, in the East China Sea: controlled by Taiwan. 17 sq. mi. (44 sq. km).

Origin of Matsu

1860-65; Japanese, earlier matu

Examples for Matsu

When matsu had told Shing what her father was doing on her behalf she rallied considerably, and was able to take food.

The pine-tree (Chinese sung, Japanese matsu) is a very common emblem, and to be found on many specimens.

In the fall of 1954 they attacked Quemoy and matsu, the same two islands they are attacking now.

Toward evening the plaintive notes which matsu mushi made at intervals made me feel unusually lonesome.

Was it really about islands named Quemoy and matsu or the missile gap?

matsu was her name, which is, in the speech of the country, the Pine Tree.

However, he agreed to make inquiries concerning Yoshisawa, and matsu returned to her mistress with something like good news.

Only matsu knew that the name of her mistress's rescuer was Yoshisawa.

matsu, however, had sufficient presence of mind to throw her basket of flowers at the snake, which at once crawled away.

The play in the original is on the word matsu, which has the double signification of "a pine-tree" and "to wait."

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