rattan

rattan is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.
2. noun. a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms

   Synonyms: ratan

3. noun. the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes
4. noun. climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes

Synonyms

ratan

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rattan:

tantra, tartan

Common word forms

rattans

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