Mat

Quick meaning: Mat is a noun meaning A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

Meaning

A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

More Meanings

1. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
2. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
3. A thickly tangled mess.
4. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
5. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
6. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
7. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

Example Sentences

a mat of weeds

Iceland moss growing in a mat

Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.

They put mats on the table during mealtimes.

Word Forms

• mats
• matting
• matted
• matt

Synonyms for mat

Depending on context, synonyms include snarl, dull, flat, tangle, matt, matte.

Antonyms for mat

Common opposites include disentangle, unsnarl.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include felt, tangle, entangle, snarl, flatness, flat.

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