Definition of mat Mat

/mæˈt/ - [mat] - ma•t•

We found 31 definitions of mat from 7 different sources.

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: mats

mat - a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
  pad the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
  drip mat a small mat placed under a glass to protect a surface from condensation
  mouse mat, mousepad a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse
mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
  gym mat
  sports equipment equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
  canvas, canvass a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
mat - a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
  floor cover, floor covering a covering for a floor
mat - mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
  matting
mat - a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass"
mat - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
  flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, matt, matte
  dullness without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
mat - a master's degree in teaching
  Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • mat (Noun)
    A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
  • mat (Noun)
    A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
  • mat (Noun)
    A floor pad to protect athletes.
  • mat (Noun)
    A thickly tangled mess, of hair etc.
  • mat (Noun)
    A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
  • mat (Noun)
    A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
  • mat (Verb)
    To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
  • mat (Verb)
    To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • mat (n.)
    A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
  • mat (a.)
    Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
  • mat (n.)
    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.
  • mat (n.)
    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.
  • mat (n.)
    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.
  • mat (n.)
    An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
  • mat (v. t.)
    To cover or lay with mats.
  • mat (v. t.)
    To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
  • mat (v. i.)
    To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • mat
    To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
  • mat
    A flat object for wiping one’s shoes, laid on the floor immediately outside or inside the entrance to a building.
  • mat
    A thick flat object laid on the floor to protect a person from the hard floor.
  • mat
    A mass of densely interwoven heavy grass, used as a fence, granary liner, and other functions.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

  • mat
    coussin, a sort of thick web or texture, formed of spun-yarn, or of a variety of strands, or separate parts of a small rope; or of a number of rope-yarns twisted into foxes. The foxes are therefore larger or smaller, as containing a greater or lesser number of rope-yarns, in proportion to the thickness of the mat intended to be woven.

    Mats are commonly used to fasten upon the outside of such parts of the standing rigging as are exposed to the friction of other ropes, in extending, shifting, or trussing up the sails, particularly the lower ones. The largest and strongest sort of these mats are called panches.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • mat
    To prevent chafing, a thick mat is woven from strands of old rope, spun yarn, or foxes, containing each a greater or lesser number of rope-yarns, in proportion to the intended mat to be made. The largest and strongest kinds are called paunch-mats. The thrum-mat is precisely similar to the present cocoa-nut fibre door-mats. Where it is possible, rounding is now used instead of mats, it being neater and holding less water.

Part of speech

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  • mat, verb, present, 1st person singular of mat (infinitive).
  • mat, verb (infinitive).
  • mat, noun, singular of mats.
  • mat, adjective.

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