tatter

Questions about tatter

What does tatter mean?

tatter means "a small piece of cloth or paper".

How many syllables are in tatter?

tatter has 2 syllables: tat-ter. The stress falls on "tat". In IPA it is /ˈtætɚ/.

What is another word for tatter?

Close synonyms include rag, shred, tag, tag end. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tatter a common word?

tatter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.