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Mat

Mat Meaning & Definition
Mat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mat?

[n] a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
[n] sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
[n] mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
[n] table linen for an individual place setting
[n] the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
[n] a master's degree in teaching
[adj] not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
[v] change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
[v] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mat: dull | entangle | felt | felt up | flat | flatness | gym mat | lusterlessness | lustrelessness | Master of Arts in Teaching | mat up | matt | matt | matte | matte | matted | matting | place mat | snarl | tangle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mat: achromatic | achromic | agora | air mattress | amphitheater | anemic | arena | ashen | ashy | athletic field | auditorium | background | barrier | bear garden | bedding | bled white | blind | bloodless | bolster | bowl | boxing ring | braid | brattice | buffer | buffer state | bulkhead | bull ring | bumper | cadaverous | campus | canvas | carpet | carpeting | chloranemic | circus | cloison | cockpit | coliseum | collision mat | colorless | colosseum | course | crop | cushion | dead | deaden | deadened | deadly pale | deathly pale | diaphragm | dim | dimmed | dingy | discolored | dissepiment | dividing line | dividing wall | division | doormat | drab | drop cloth | duckboards | dull | enlace | entwine | etiolated | exsanguinated | exsanguine | exsanguineous | faded | faint | fallow | fender | field | flat | fleece | floor | floorboards | flooring | forum | ghastly | gray | ground | ground cloth | ground-sheet | gym | gymnasium | haggard | hall | head | head of hair | hippodrome | hueless | hypochromic | innerspring mattress | interknit | interlace | interseptum | intertie | intertissue | intertwine | intertwist | interweave | intort | knit | lace | lackluster | leaden | lifeless | lists | locale | locks | loom | loop | lurid | lusterless | mane | marketplace | mattress | mealy | midriff | midsection | milieu | mop | muddy | muted | net | neutral | noose | open forum | pad | palaestra | pale | pale as death | pale-faced | pallet | pallid | panel | parade ground | paries | partition | party wall | pasty | pave | pavement | pillow | pit | place | plait | platform | pleach | precinct | prize ring | property line | public square | purlieu | raddle | range | ring | rug | sallow | scene | scene of action | scenery | separation | septulum | septum | setting | shag | shock | shock pad | sickly | site | sleeping bag | somber | sphere | splice | springs | squared circle | stadium | stage | stage set | stage setting | tallow-faced | terrain | thatch | theater | tiling | tilting ground | tiltyard | tissue | tone down | toneless | tresses | twill | twine | twist | uncolored | underbed | underbedding | walk | wall | wan | washed-out | wattle | waxen | weak | weave | web | welcome mat | whey-faced | white | wreathe | wrestling ring

See Also | canvas | canvass | change | distort | doormat | dullness | dulness | enmesh | ensnarl | felt | floor covering | floorcover | master's degree | mesh | mounting | napery | sporting goods | sports equipment | table linen | twine | twist | welcome mat | wrestling mat

Mat In Webster's Dictionary

\Mat\, n. [Cf. {Matte}.] A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also {matt}.]
\Mat\, a. [OF. See 4th {Mate}.] Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. --Chaucer.
\Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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 grass}. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}). (b) Same as {Matweed}. {Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used in England for making mats.
\Mat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Matting}.] 1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn. 2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle. And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. --Dryden.
\Mat\, v. i. To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

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