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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.
- 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.
- 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 papiermâché, impressed from type or a cut, from which a stereotype plate is cast.
mat.
5abbreviation for
- matins.
- maturity.
M.A.T.
6abbreviation for
- Master of Arts in Teaching.
mat.
1abbreviation for
- ³¾²¹³Ù¾±²Ôé±ð
mat
2/ ³¾Ã¦³Ù /
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
- go back to the matto 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
3/ ³¾Ã¦³Ù /
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
4/ ³¾Ã¦³Ù /
noun
- informal.printing short for matrix
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹³Ù±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾²¹³Ùl±ð²õ²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mat1
˜yÐÄvlog 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.
More idioms and phrases containing mat
see go to the mat ; welcome mat .Example Sentences
Most top-tier football pitches are now hybrid, which means they are essentially a synthetic mat through which real grass can grow.
The last thing we need is a welcome mat for people who extol criminals and terrorists.â€
Sitting on mats under a makeshift tent in the compound of the academy are families of the students.
He added that "the last thing we need is a welcome mat for people who extol criminals and terrorists".
Staff rush to help, bringing him from his seat to a crash mat on the floor.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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