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mat·ting 1

 (măt′ĭng)
n.
1.
a. Material formed into or considered as a mat: The forest floor had a thick matting of pine needles.
b. A coarsely woven fabric used for covering floors and similar purposes.
2. The activity of making mats.

mat·ting 2

 (măt′ĭng)
n.
1. A dull surface or finish.
2. The process of dulling a surface, as of metal.
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matting

(ˈmætɪŋ)
n
1. (Textiles) a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of a natural fibre such as straw or hemp and used as a floor covering, packing material, etc
2. the act or process of making mats
3. material for mats

matting

(ˈmætɪŋ)
n
1. (Art Terms) another word for mat21
2. the process of producing a mat finish
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mat•ting1

(ˈmæt ɪŋ)

n.
1. mat 1 (def. 1).
2. material for mats.
3. mats collectively.
[1675–85]

mat•ting2

(ˈmæt ɪŋ)

n.
a dull slightly roughened surface.
[1680–90]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.matting - a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)matting - a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
2.matting - mounting consisting of a border or background for a picturematting - mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
mat
mounting - framework used for support or display
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Translations
مادَّة لِصُنْع الحُصُر
rohožovina
måttemateriale
fibres végétales
gyékényfonat
mottuefni
materiale per stuoieopacità [di metallo]stuoiastuoino
mattevarer
materiál na rohože
hasırkeçe
编席子的材料

matting

[ˈmætɪŋ] N → estera f
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

matting

[ˈmætɪŋ] n (= mats) → natte f
rush matting → natte de jonc
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

matting

n → Matten pl; (= material) → Mattenmaterial nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

matting

[ˈmætɪŋ] n → stuoia
Collins 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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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And then he traversed the room like a hound on the scent, skimming the walls, considering the corners of the bulging matting on his hands and knees, rummaging mantel and tables, the curtains and hangngs, the drunken cabinet in the corner, for a visible sign, unable to perceive that she was there beside, around, against, within, above him, clinging to him, wooing him, calling him so poignantly through the finer senses that even his grosser ones became cognisant of the call.
A polychromatic rug like some brilliant-flowered rectangular, tropical islet lay surrounded by a billowy sea of soiled matting. Upon the gay-papered wall were those pictures that pursue the homeless one from house to house--The Huguenot Lovers, The First Quarrel, The Wedding Breakfast, Psyche at the Fountain.
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On either side were rude gods, some grotesquely carved, others no more than shapeless logs swathed in rotten and indescribably filthy matting. The air was mouldy and heavy with decay, while strings of fish-tails and of half-cleaned dog and crocodile skulls did not add to the wholesomeness of the place.
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But round the throat of the still-born babe I tied a string of fibre as though I had strangled it, and wrapped it loosely in a piece of matting.
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