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mabati

mabati noun: metal sheeting, often corrugated iron.

Noun

mabati (uncountable)

  1. (Kenya) Metal sheeting, often corrugated iron.
    • He preferred the mabati roofs to the thatch because the mabati is good for rainwater harvesting and it is longer-lasting.2010, Marilyn Waite, Sustainable Water Resources in the Built Environment, page 106

Origin of mabati

From Swahili mabati.

Questions about mabati

What does mabati mean?
Mabati means metal sheeting, often corrugated iron.
What part of speech is mabati?
Mabati is a noun.

Words near mabati in the dictionary

  1. maban
  2. Mabana
  3. mabanba
  4. Mabanban
  5. Mabank
  6. mabati
  7. Mabato
  8. Mabayawas
  9. mabbe
  10. mabbed
  11. Mabberley

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