Definitions for tatami

tatami ta·ta·mi

Spelling: [tuh-tah-mee]
IPA: /təˈtɑ mi/

Tatami is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in tatami (aaimtt).

Definitions for tatami

noun

  1. (in Japanese houses) any of a number of thick, woven straw mats of uniform dimensions, about three feet by six feet (91 cm by 183 cm), the placing of which determines the dimensions of an interior.

Origin of tatami

From Japanese, dating back to 1895-1900, noun use of v.: to fold up

Examples for tatami

The place completely surrounded, tatami were taken from the neighbouring houses for use as shields against the arrows.

As far as Kwaiba was concerned he might as well have thrust it into the straw matting (tatami) at his feet.

In the course of a few weeks O'Iwa was living in one room, furnished with three tatami in lieu of the usual twelve in number.

The multitudes of fleas that infest the normal Japanese home are convincing proof of the real state of the "tatami."

A score of wine casks lay tumbled, the liquor spilled on the tatami.

Roughly her ladyship threw her aside, face upward on the tatami.

Allow him to die in Yotsuya, upon the tatami; not on the bare earth, to be thrown on the moor for dogs to gnaw.

An excuse for the neglect of cats is that they scratch woodwork and tatami and insist on carrying their food into the best room.

Respectfully he pressed the letter to his forehead, bowing with extended hands on the tatami; the money he did not touch.

She waited the reply, eyes cast down on the tatami, for she at least had some remains of modesty.

Word Value for tatami
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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