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# tatter

«tatter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a torn scrap of cloth or paper** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tatters)

### meaning for a pupil

A tatter is a torn scrap of cloth or paper. «In tatters» means torn into many pieces, very worn or ragged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tatter/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a poor person wears rags and tatters, clothes that are torn and worn out

### examples

- His coat hung in tatters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tatter/#x1)
- The flag was torn to tatters by the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tatter/#x2)
- She wore rags and tatters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tatter/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tatter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tatter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.