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mat
1[mat]
noun
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc.
Sports.Ģż
the padded canvas covering the entire floor of a wrestling ring, for protecting the contestants from injury when thrown.
a thick pad placed on the floor for the protection of tumblers and others engaged in gymnastic sports.
a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar.
Building Trades.Ģż
a slablike footing of concrete, especially one for an entire building.
a heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab.
verb (used with object)
to cover with or as if with mats or matting.
to form into a mat, as by interweaving.
verb (used without object)
to become entangled; form tangled masses.
mat
2[mat]
noun
a piece of cardboard or other material placed over or under a drawing, painting, photograph, etc., to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame.
verb (used with object)
to provide (a picture) with a mat.
mat
3[mat]
adjective
mat
4[mat]
noun
the intaglio, usually of papiermĆ¢chĆ©, impressed from type or a cut, from which a stereotype plate is cast.
mat.
5abbreviation
matins.
maturity.
M.A.T.
6abbreviation
Master of Arts in Teaching.
mat
1/ ³¾Ć¦³Ł /
noun
a thick flat piece of fabric used as a floor covering, a place to wipe one's shoes, etc
a smaller pad of material used to protect a surface from the heat, scratches, etc, of an object placed upon it
a large piece of thick padded material put on the floor as a surface for wrestling, judo, or gymnastic sports
a MÄori cloak
to abandon urban civilization
any surface or mass that is densely interwoven or tangled
a mat of grass and weeds
the solid part of a lace design
a heavy net of cable or rope laid over a blasting site to prevent the scatter of debris
a heavy mesh of reinforcement in a concrete slab
(esp US) a steel or concrete raft serving as a footing to support a post
civil engineering short for mattress
verb
to tangle or weave or become tangled or woven into a dense mass
(tr) to cover with a mat or mats
mat
2/ ³¾Ć¦³Ł /
noun
a border of cardboard, cloth, etc, placed around a picture to act as a frame or as a contrast between picture and frame
a surface, as on metal or paint
adjective
having a dull, lustreless, or roughened surface
verb
to furnish (a picture) with a mat
to give (a surface) a mat finish
mat
3/ ³¾Ć¦³Ł /
noun
informalĢżprinting short for matrix
mat.
4abbreviation
³¾²¹³Ł¾±²ŌĆ©±š
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- matless adjective
- Ė³¾²¹³Ł±ō±š²õ²õ adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of mat1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of mat1
Origin of mat2
Idioms and Phrases
go to the mat, to contend or struggle in a determined or unyielding way.
The president is going to the mat with Congress over the proposed budget cuts.
Example Sentences
A welcome mat doesnāt get more welcoming than that for a conductor, and this is someone who has yet no official title with the orchestra.
Or put the younger girls in a shared tub, but take the bath towels and mat so they canāt interrupt mom and dad in the bedroom.
Meditating on a yoga mat has never worked for me personally, but I can stare at a painting for 60 minutes in a museum.
The state set money aside for distribution of bear-proof trash cans and āunwelcome matsā that deliver a jolt of electricity if bears try to break into homes.
You turn an old-school metal key in your door and find a room full of stylishly recycled furnishings ā woodsy but luxe, with yoga mats leaning in a corner.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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