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matting | x |

As a noun matting

is mats, a collection of ground coverings.

As a verb matting

is .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

matting

English

Noun

  • mats, a collection of ground coverings
  • * 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
    • His departure oppressed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, I threw myself almost in despair upon the matting of the floor.
  • coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats
  • * c. 1771 James Cook, First Voyage Round the World
    • ... the sails are of Matting and are made narrow at the head and Square at the foot,...
    Besides Cloth they [Tahitians] make several different sorts of matting , both better and finer than any we have in Europe; the stuff they make it on is the Produce of the Palm tree.
  • a dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures; matte

    • Verb

    (head)

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----