• Mat

    Pronunciation

    Origin 1

    Old English matte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה
    מִטָּה
    (mitá, "bed, couch")).

    Full definition of mat

    Noun

    mat

    (plural mats)
    1. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
    2. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
    3. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
    4. A thickly tangled mess.a mat of hair; a mat of weeds
    5. A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.the mat of a daguerreotype
    6. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
    7. (gaming) A material or component needed for a crafting recipeTo make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
    2. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
      • DrydenAnd o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.

    Origin 2

    Compare matte.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    mat

    1. (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.

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