mat

Plural: mats

Noun

• a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
• mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
• sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
• a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
  • "a mat of weeds and grass"
• a master's degree in teaching
• the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
• a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
• 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.
• 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.
• Clipping of material.
• An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
• Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
• Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”).
• Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
• Clipping of matrix.
• Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.

Verb

Verb Forms: matted, matting, mats

• To tangle or pack hair or fibers into a dense mass.
• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
• change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
• To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
• To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
• Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).

Adjective Satellite

• not reflecting light; not glossy
  • "a photograph with a matte finish"

Adj

• Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”).

Examples

• a mat of weeds
• He tried to MAT his low-scoring tiles together to create a bingo, but failed.
• I used up all my mats cranking 90s and ended up getting one-pumped.
• Iceland moss growing in a mat
• The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
• the mat of a daguerreotype
• They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
• Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.

Synonyms

entangle, felt, felt up, flat, flatness, gym mat, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, Master of Arts in Teaching, mat up, matt, matt-up, matte, matte up, matted, matting, snarl, tangle

Antonyms

disentangle, unsnarl

Related Words

hazmat, mat bean, mat leave, mat rep, mat sci, transmat

Anagrams of mat