mat
a flat piece of material used to place under an object, such as a dish; a floor pad: a doormat
Not to be confused with:
matte – a dull finish, as on glass, metal, or paper: a glossy or matte photo
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MAT
abbr.
Master of Arts in Teaching
mat 1
(măt)n.
1. A flat piece of coarse fabric or other material used for wiping one's shoes or feet, or in various other forms as a floor covering.
2. A small flat piece of decorated material placed under a lamp, dish of food, or other object.
3. Sports A floor pad to protect athletes, as in wrestling or gymnastics.
4. A densely woven or thickly tangled mass: a mat of hair.
5. The solid part of a lace design.
6. A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering.
v. mat·ted, mat·ting, mats
v.tr.
1. To cover, protect, or decorate with mats or a mat.
2. To pack or interweave into a thick mass: High winds matted the leaves against the base of the fence.
v.intr.
To be packed or interwoven into a thick mass; become entangled.
[Middle English matte, from Old English matta, meatte, from Late Latin matta, of Phoenician origin; see nṭy in Semitic roots.]
mat 2
(măt)n.
1. A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame.
2. also matte
a. A dull, often rough finish, as of paint, glass, metal, or paper.
b. A special tool for producing such a surface or finish.
3. Printing See matrix.
tr.v. mat·ted, mat·ting, mats
1. To put a mat around (a picture).
2. To produce a dull finish on.
adj.
Variant of matte1.
[From French, dull, from Old French, defeated, withered, perhaps from Latin mattus, stupefied, senseless, possibly from *maditus, past participle of madēre, to be wet.]
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mat
(mæt)n
1. a thick flat piece of fabric used as a floor covering, a place to wipe one's shoes, etc
2. a smaller pad of material used to protect a surface from the heat, scratches, etc, of an object placed upon it
3. (General Sporting Terms) a large piece of thick padded material put on the floor as a surface for wrestling, judo, or gymnastic sports
4. (Clothing & Fashion) NZ a Māori cloak
5. go back to the mat NZ to abandon urban civilization
6. any surface or mass that is densely interwoven or tangled: a mat of grass and weeds.
7. (Knitting & Sewing) the solid part of a lace design
8. (Civil Engineering)
a. a heavy net of cable or rope laid over a blasting site to prevent the scatter of debris
b. a heavy mesh of reinforcement in a concrete slab
c. (esp US) a steel or concrete raft serving as a footing to support a post
9. (Civil Engineering) civil engineering short for mattress3
vb, mats, matting or matted
10. to tangle or weave or become tangled or woven into a dense mass
11. (tr) to cover with a mat or mats
[Old English matte; related to Old High German matta]
ˈmatless adj
mat
(mæt)n
1. (Art Terms) a border of cardboard, cloth, etc, placed around a picture to act as a frame or as a contrast between picture and frame
2. a surface, as on metal or paint
adj
having a dull, lustreless, or roughened surface
vb (tr) , mats, matting or matted
Also (for senses 2, 4): matt 3. (Art Terms) to furnish (a picture) with a mat
4. to give (a surface) a mat finish
[C17: from French, literally: dead; see checkmate]
mat
(mæt)n
(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing informal short for matrix5
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mat1
(mæt)n., v. mat•ted, mat•ting. n.
1. a piece of fabric, as of plaited or woven fiber, used on a floor or other surface as a covering.
2. a smaller piece of material set under an object, as a dish.
3. a thick pad placed on a floor to protect wrestlers, tumblers, and gymnasts.
4. a thick tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
v.t. 5. to cover with or as if with mats or matting.
6. to form into a mat, as by interweaving.
v.i. 7. to form tangled masses.
8. go to the mat, to support or defend a person or cause with vigor and determination.
[before 900; < Late Latin matta mat of rushes < Semitic]
mat′less, adj.
mat2
(mæt)n., v. mat•ted, mat•ting. n.
1. material serving as a frame or border for a picture.
v.t. 2. to provide (a picture) with a mat.
mat3
(mæt)adj., n., v. mat•ted, mat•ting.
mat4
(mæt)n.
[1920–25; shortened form of matrix]
M.A.T.
Master of Arts in Teaching.
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mat
Past participle: matted
Gerund: matting
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  mat - a thick flat pad used as a floor coveringwelcome mat, doormat - a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering floor cover, floor covering - a covering for a floor |
| 2. |  mat - mounting consisting of a border or background for a picturemounting - framework used for support or display | |
| 3. |  mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sportscanvas, canvass - the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport wrestling mat - a mat on which wrestling matches are conducted | |
| 4. | mat - a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass" mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" | |
| 5. |  MAT - a master's degree in teaching master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree | |
| 6. | mat - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss dullness - a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" | |
| 7. | mat - a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it drip mat - a small mat placed under a glass to protect a surface from condensation pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort place mat - a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting | |
| Verb | 1. |  mat - twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"felt - mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool" |
| 2. |  mat - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | |
| Adj. | 1. |  mat - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" |
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mat
noun
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mat
also matteadjective
Lacking gloss and luster:
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Translations
قِطْعَة مَسِحمَفْرَشُ الْطَاوِلَةِ
podložkarohožkrytina
måtte=-måttedækkeserviet
pieni matto
podložak
motta
マット
매트
demblyspatiesalasplaušaisuveltas
kājslauķissedziņa
krytina
blazinapodstavekpredpražnikpreproga
matta
แผ่นรอง
miếng vải lót cốc
MAT
N ABBR =machine-assisted translation → TAO fmat
1 [mæt]A. N
2. (also tablemat) → (mantel m) individual m; (in centre of table) → salvamanteles m inv
B. VT → enmarañar
C. VI → enmarañarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mat
[ˈmæt] n
(= small rug) → natte f
He unrolled his mat and sat down on it → Il déroula sa natte et s'assit dessus.
He unrolled his mat and sat down on it → Il déroula sa natte et s'assit dessus.
(also doormat) → paillasson m
adj = matt
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mat
1n → Matte f; (= door mat) → Fußmatte f; (on table) → Untersetzer m; (of cloth) → Deckchen nt; (of hair) → Gewirr nt; to go to the mat for somebody (US) → sich für jdn auf einen Streit einlassen; to go to the mat to do something (US) → einen Streit riskieren, um etw zu tun
vt the sea-water had matted his hair → durch das Salzwasser waren seine Haare verfilzt geworden
vi → verfilzen
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mat
1 [mæt] n (on floor) → tappetino; (of straw) → stuoia (also doormat) → zerbino, stoino; (on table) → tovaglietta all'americanaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mat
(mӕt) noun a flat piece of material (rushes, rubber, carpet, cork etc) for wiping shoes on, covering a floor, or various other purposes. Wipe your shoes on the doormat; a table mat.
ˈmatted adjective in a thick untidy mess. matted hair.
ˈmatting noun a material used for making mats. coconut matting.
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mat
→ مَفْرَشُ الْطَاوِلَةِ podložka måtte Matte χαλάκι εξώπορτας esterilla pieni matto tapis podložak zerbino マット 매트 placemat matte mata capacho коврик matta แผ่นรอง paspas miếng vải lót cốc 席子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009