nat
/næt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
name
name
noun
Acronym of network address translator (“device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall”).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Nathan was one of the tiniest, tottering along, holding on to the hand of a much older girl. Nat. Small like a gnat."
- "They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness."
- "And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there."
- "After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me."
- "in the Dark Sun campaign I'm playing in, the DM handles crits/fumbles this way: Natural 20: an excellent attack, player gets a bonus attack, if he gets another Nat. 20, he gets a 3rd attack, and so on."
- "Almost killed my cleric mage when she was juggling with another bard...missed the juggling check, rolled a nat 20 on the to-hit roll, and rolled maximum damage...and said cleric-mage was already wounded, and recuperating...8P"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: နတ်