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Zanzibar mat

Zanzibar mat noun: a type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.

Noun

Zanzibar mat (plural Zanzibar mats)

  1. A type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.
    • Walking a few yards down this passage, which was lighted with lamps, we came to the entrance of a chamber having a curtain made of some grass material, not unlike a Zanzibar mat in appearance, hung over the doorway.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of Zanzibar mat

pluralZanzibar mats

Questions about Zanzibar mat

What does Zanzibar mat mean?
Zanzibar mat means a type of traditional Tanzanian woven mat, made from variously dyed plant fibres.
What part of speech is Zanzibar mat?
Zanzibar mat is a noun.
What is the plural of Zanzibar mat?
The plural of Zanzibar mat is Zanzibar mats.

Words near Zanzibar mat in the dictionary

  1. zanziacbegs
  2. Zanzibar
  3. Zanzibar copal
  4. Zanzibar copals
  5. Zanzibar gem
  6. Zanzibar mat
  7. Zanzibar mats
  8. Zanzibari
  9. Zanzibarian
  10. Zanzibarians
  11. Zanzibaris

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