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Definition mat
Etymology 1
From Middle English matte, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew ???? \ ?????? (mitá, “bed, couch”)).
Noun
mat (plural mats)
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- A thickly tangled mess.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
Verb
mat (third-person singular simple present mats, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)
- (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
Etymology 2
Compare matte.
Noun
mat
Etymology 3
A clipped form of matinee.
Noun
mat (plural mats)
- (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (performance at a theater).
Etymology 4
A clipped form of material.
Noun
mat (plural mats)
Etymology 5
Noun
mat (plural mats)
- Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”)
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