Pretty much any thin, pliable material can be used to make wicker furniture, but many prefer those made with willow or rattan to plastic.
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Rattan
//ɹəˈtæn//
Synonyms for "rattan" (12 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (6)
Noun(2 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- rottang noun (material)
Aklanon
1 entries- uway noun (climbing palm)
Ao
1 entries- arer (Chungli) noun (climbing palm)
Berawan
1 entries- laka noun (climbing palm)
Brunei Malay
2 entries- rutan noun (climbing palm)
- rutan noun (material)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြိမ် noun (material)
Cebuano
1 entries- uway noun (climbing palm)
Central Melanau
1 entries- wai noun (climbing palm)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 藤 noun (climbing palm)
- 藤 noun (material)
- 藤條 /藤条 noun (material)
Dutch
2 entries- rotan noun (climbing palm)
- rotan noun (material)
Finnish
2 entries- rottinki noun (material)
- rottinkipalmu noun (climbing palm)
French
2 entries- rotin noun (climbing palm)
- rotin noun (material)
German
4 entries- Peddigrohr noun (material)
- Rattan noun (climbing palm)
- Rattan noun (material)
- Rotangpalme noun (climbing palm)
Higaonon
1 entries- balagun noun (climbing palm)
Hungarian
2 entries- rotángpálma noun (climbing palm)
- rotángpálma noun (material)
Indonesian
2 entries- rotan noun (climbing palm)
- rotan noun (material)
Ingrian
1 entries- saksanrooko noun (material)
Irish
2 entries- ratán noun (climbing palm)
- ratán noun (material)
Italian
1 entries- rattan noun (climbing palm)
Malay
2 entries- rotan noun (climbing palm)
- rotan noun (material)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- هزارن noun (climbing palm)
- هزارن noun (material)
Paiwan
1 entries- quai noun (climbing palm)
Polish
3 entries- rattan noun (climbing palm)
- rotang noun (climbing palm)
- rotang noun (material)
Portuguese
3 entries- rota noun (climbing palm)
- rotim noun (climbing palm)
- rotim noun (material)
Russian
2 entries- рота́нг noun (climbing palm)
- рота́нг noun (material)
Sebop
1 entries- laka noun (climbing palm)
Spanish
2 entries- ratán noun (climbing palm)
- ratán noun (material)
Swedish
2 entries- rotting noun (climbing palm)
- rotting noun (material)
Tausug
1 entries- uay noun (climbing palm)
Telugu
1 entries- పేము noun (climbing palm)
Ternate
1 entries- uri noun (climbing palm)
Thai
2 entries- หวาย noun (climbing palm)
- หวาย noun (material)
Turkish
4 entries- hezaren noun (climbing palm)
- hezaren noun (material)
- rattan noun (climbing palm)
- rattan noun (material)
Vietnamese
4 entries- mây noun (climbing palm)
- mây noun (material)
- song noun (climbing palm)
- song noun (material)
West Makian
1 entries- weri noun (climbing palm)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- belaɣen noun (climbing palm)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Rattan is a plant with which one can make furniture.
Source: tatoeba (10893236)
Researchers with the Instituto di Scienza e Technolgia dei Materiali Ceramici in Italy say the idea is to use certain types of wood (e.g. red oak, rattan) that closely resemble the structure of human bones.
Source: tatoeba (11759768)
It took Elwood an hour to find Mr. Gladwell, who sat in a big rattan chair at the edge of the sweet potato fields.
Source: wiktionary
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