mat 
mat (mat)
noun
- a flat, coarse fabric made of woven or plaited hemp, straw, rope, rushes, etc., often used as a floor covering
- a piece of this or of corrugated rubber, cocoa fiber, etc., used variously as a doormat, bathmat, or removable floor covering for a car
- a flat piece of cloth, woven straw, etc., put under a vase, dish, or the like, or used as an ornament, as on a table
- a pad, as of rubber or plastic, used to protect the surface of an oven, sink, etc.
- a thickly padded floor covering, esp. one used in a gymnasium for tumbling, wrestling, etc.
- anything densely interwoven or felted, or growing in a thick tangle a mat of hair
- Naut. a thick web of rope yarn, used to protect rigging from wear
Etymology: ME matte < OE meatt < LL matta (> Ger matte) < Phoen word akin to Heb mittāh, a cover
transitive verb mat′·ted, mat′·ting
- to cover with or as with a mat or mats
- to interweave, felt, or tangle together into a thick mass
intransitive verb
to be interwoven, felted, or tangled together into a thick mass
mat (mat)
adjective
Etymology: Fr < OFr mat, defeated, exhausted, prob. < L mattus, drunk < madidus, soaked, drunk < madere, to be drenched, drunk < IE base *mad-, to be wet, drip, juicy, fat > mast, meat
noun
- matte
- a border, as of cardboard or cloth, put around a picture, either as the frame or, usually, between the picture and the frame
Etymology: Fr
transitive verb mat′·ted, mat′·ting
- to produce a dull finish on (metal, glass, etc.)
- to apply a mat to (a picture)
mat (mat)
noun
Informal a matrix; printing mold
mat
n.
mat
v.
Preposition: of
- foliage: It's a light yellow-green in color and produces large mats of foliage, often under conifers in gardens.
- vegetation: Mature dunes, often rich in lime because of the shell fragments in the sand, soon grow a mat of vegetation.
Converse of object
- unhook: On landing, lay them in the landing net on an unhooking mat, never on uncovered hard ground.
- soundproof: Soundproofing mats are easily cut and formed with a knife or scissors.
- weave: During this time he wore only a woven reed mat to cover himself.
- pad: Treatment is carried out through light clothing, usually lying on a padded mat on the floor.
Adjective modifier
- peel-off: Operators commonly put only one foot on the peel-off mat or avoid the peel-off mat altogether.
- reversible: A neat touch, typical of Citroen, is a reversible boot mat with carpet on one side and washable PVC on the other.
- microbial: NASA ' s project on microbial mats in Baja California.
- personalized: Any of which will give hours of fun and adventure. mymousemat.com - Personalized mouse mats from mymousemat.com simply upload your image and design online.
- straw: They may also be protected in winter by screens of burlap or straw mats.
- dense: The fur is made up of guard hairs supporting a dense mat of secondary fibers.
Modifies a noun
- excercises: It was jolly cold out, so we have all warmed up with prolonged dance mat excercises!
- dial: Superb mat black dial with polished black sub dials.
Noun used with modifier
- non-slip: Use non-slip mats or strips on the bottom of the bath.
- for-: The default C locale uses US date and time for- mats.
- mouse: These mouse mats are screen printed directly to the surface.
- tatami: All such works were viewed seated at floor level on tatami mats.
- yoga: Please check back for new class details soon * A yoga mat is needed for all these classes.
- sleeping: Our sleeping mats were laid on top, ready for us to climb aboard.
I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat.
In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies.
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