rattan
/ɹəˈtæn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Then, how comparatively sweet was everything on board - no paint, no tar, no new rope, (vilest of smells to the qualmish!) no grease, or oil, or varnish; but instead of these, bamboo and rattan, and coir rope and palm thatch; pure vegetable fibres, which smell pleasantly if they smell at all, and recall quiet scenes in the green and shady forest."
- "It took Elwood an hour to find Mr. Gladwell, who sat in a big rattan chair at the edge of the sweet potato fields."
- "He who first acts as striker asks the other how many blows of the rattan he will bear on his forearm without crying out."
- "“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”"
- "[…]the rattan is still a valued instrument of discipline[…]"
- "Meanwhile Captain Colville rattaned Pearson very severely […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹəˈtæn/
- British English: /ɹəˈtan/