'MAT' definitions:
Definition of 'mat'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" [syn: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted]
noun
A thick flat pad used as a floor covering
noun
Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture [syn: mat, matting]
noun
Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports [syn: mat, gym mat]
noun
A mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass"
noun
A master's degree in teaching [syn: Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT]
noun
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss [syn: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte]
noun
A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
verb
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat, snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
verb
Definition of 'Mat'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mat'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mat'
From: GCIDE
- Mat \Mat\, a. [OF. See 4th Mate.] Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- When he saw them so piteous and so maat. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mat'
From: GCIDE
- Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]
- 1. A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mat'
From: GCIDE
- Mat \Mat\, v. i. To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted. [1913 Webster +PJC] Matabele
Synonyms of 'mat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Acronyms for 'mat'
From: V.E.R.A.
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Words containing 'MAT'
- Matted,
- Matting,
- mat up,
- Canton matting,
- China matting,
- India matting,
- Mat grass,
- Mat rush,
- Mat'eriel,
- Matted glass,
- Paunch mat,
- Rope mat,
- Russia matting,
- Sea mat,
- Sword mat,
- bath mat,
- beer mat,
- drip mat,
- gym mat,
- mouse mat,
- place mat,
- prayer mat,
- table mat,
- water mat,
- welcome mat,
- wrestling mat,
- sayeret mat'kal