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Definition of 'MAT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mat
a piece of fabric, as of plaited or woven fiber, used on a floor or other surface as a covering.

2.  mat
a smaller piece of material set under an object, as a dish.

3.  mat
a thick pad placed on a floor to protect wrestlers, tumblers, and gymnasts.

4.  mat
a thick tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.

5. (v.t.) mat
to cover with or as if with mats or matting.

6.  mat
to form into a mat, as by interweaving.

7. (v.i.) mat
to form tangled masses.

8. (n.) mat
material serving as a frame or border for a picture.

9. (v.t.) mat
to provide (a picture) with a mat.

Etymology: (1920–25; shortened form of matrix)

Definition of 'MAT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mat
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

2. (noun) mat, matting
mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture

3. (noun) mat, gym mat
sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports

4. (noun) mat
a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
"a mat of weeds and grass"

5. (noun) Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT
a master's degree in teaching

6. (noun) flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss

7. (adj) mat
a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it

8. (verb) flat, mat, matt, matte, matted
not reflecting light; not glossy
"flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"

9. (verb) entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"

10. (verb) felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
"The fabric felted up after several washes"

Definition of 'MAT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mat
a thick piece of material used to protect a surface
Wipe your feet on the mat.

2. mat
a piece of material to lie on
an exercise mat; people sleeping on straw mats

Definition of 'MAT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) MAT
cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain

2. (noun) MAT
a name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal

3. (noun) MAT
a fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes

4. (noun) MAT
any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like

5. (noun) MAT
anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair

6. (noun) MAT
an ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype

7. (verb) MAT
to cover or lay with mats

8. (verb) MAT
to twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle

9. (verb) MAT
to grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat

Translation of 'MAT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a flat piece of material (rushes, rubber, carpet, cork etc) for wiping shoes on, covering a floor, or various other purposes Wipe your shoes on the doormat; a table mat.
Afrikaans: mat	Arabic: قِطْعَة مَسِح	Bulgarian: черга
Brazilian: tapete	Czech: rohož; krytina; podložka	German: die Matte, der Untersetze
Danish: måtte; -måtte; dækkeservi	Greek: χαλάκι, σουβέρ	Spanish: estera, felpudo
Estonian: matt	Farsi: زیر پایی	Finnish: matto
French: (petit) tapis	Hebrew: שְׁטִיחוֹן	Hindi: चटाई
Croatian: prostirač	Hungarian: lábtörlő; alátét	Indonesian: keset
Icelandic: motta	Italian: tappetino	Japanese: マット
Korean: 매트, 돗자리	Lithuanian: patiesalas, demblys	Latvian: paklājiņš; kājslauķis; se
Malay: tikar	Dutch: mat	Norwegian: matte; løper; (kuvert)bri
Polish: mata, wycieraczka	Persian: زیر پایی	Pashto: پاپوښ
Portuguese: tapete	Romanian: preş; muşama	Russian: коврик; салфетка
Slovak: rohož; krytina; podložka	Slovenian: preproga	Serbian: otirač
Swedish: matta, liten duk	Thai: เสื่อ	Turkish: paspas, altlık
Taiwanese: 蓆子，墊子	Ukrainian: рогожа; килимок	Urdu: چٹائی، فرش، پا انداز
Vietnamese: chiếu; thảm chùi chân	Chinese: 席子，垫子
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