TATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tatter mean? 

• TATTER (noun)
  The noun TATTER has 1 sense:

1. a small piece of cloth or paper

  Familiarity information: TATTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TATTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small piece of cloth or paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rag; shred; tag; tag end; tatter

Hypernyms ("tatter" is a kind of...):

piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tatter"):

pine-tar rag (baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip)