Definitions for tatamis

tatamis ta·ta·mi

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

Tatamis is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in tatamis (aaimstt).

Definitions for tatamis

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 tatamis

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

Examples for tatamis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for tatamis
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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