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tatamis

tatamis is the plural of tatami.

Meaning of tatami

Noun

tatami (plural tatamis or tatami)

  1. 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,1964, John Berryman, chapter 31, in 77 Dream Songs, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, page 35
  2. A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.

Questions about tatamis

What is tatamis the plural of?
Tatamis is the plural of tatami.

Words near tatamis in the dictionary

  1. tatakis
  2. Tatalon
  3. Tatamagouche
  4. tatami
  5. tatamied
  6. tatamis
  7. Tatan
  8. Tatanagar
  9. tatane
  10. Tataouine
  11. Tatar

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