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mat ¹  (mt)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English matte, from Late Latin matta, of Phoenician origin; see ny in Semitic roots.]

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mat ²  (mt)

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. also matte

Having a dull finish.

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[From French, dull, from Old French, defeated, withered, perhaps from Latin mattus, stupefied, senseless, possibly from *maditus, past participle of madre, to be wet.]

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mat ¹

Noun

1. a thick flat piece of fabric used as a floor covering, a place to wipe one's shoes, etc.

2. a small pad of material used to protect a surface from heat or scratches from an object placed upon it

3. a large piece of thick padded material put on the floor as a surface for wrestling, gymnastics, etc.

Verb

[matting, matted]

to tangle or become tangled into a dense mass [Old English matte]

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mat ²

Adjective

same as matt [French, literally: dead]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mat - a thick flat pad used as a floor covering welcome 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 picture matting mounting - framework used for support or display
	3.	mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports gym mat canvas, 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 of Arts 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 lusterlessness, lustrelessness, matt, matte, flatness 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 mouse mat, mousepad - a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse 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" entangle, snarl, tangle distort, twine, twist - form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" felt - mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool" enmesh, ensnarl, mesh - entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh
	2.	mat - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, felt 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" matt, matte, matted, flat dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"

Translations

mat [mæt] n → alfombrilla;

(also: doormat) → felpudo

adj = matt

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MAT n abbr (= machine-assisted translation) → TAO

mat [mæt] n → petit tapis;

(also: doormat) → paillasson m;

(also: tablemat) → set m de table

adj = matt

mat [mæt] n → Matte f;

(also: doormat) → Fußmatte f;

(also: table mat) → Untersetzer m: (of cloth) → Deckchen nt

adj = matt

mat [mæt] n → stuoia;

(also: doormat) → stoino, zerbino

adj = matt

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mat

n mat [mӕt]

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. mat قِطْعَة مَسِح черга rohož; krytina; podložka måtte; -måtte; dækkeserviet die Matte, der Untersetzer χαλάκι, σουβέρ estera, felpudo matt زیر پایی matto (petit) tapis שְׁטִיחוֹן चटाई prostirač lábtörlő; alátét keset motta tappetino マット 자리, 깔개, 매트 patiesalas, demblys paklājiņš; kājslauķis; sedziņa tikar mat matte; løper; (kuvert)brikke mata, wycieraczka tapete preş; muşama коврик; салфетка rohož; krytina; podložka preproga otirač matta, liten duk เสื่อ paspas, altlık 席子，墊子 рогожа; килимок چٹائی، فرش، پا انداز chiếu; thảm chùi chân 席子

adj ˈmatted

in a thick untidy mess matted hair. deurmekaar أشْعَث الشَّعْر сплетен rozcuchaný sammenfiltret verfilzt μπερδεμένος, που σχηματίζει ανακατωμένο σωρό enmarañado pulstunud درهم برهم sotkuinen emmêlé סָבוּך निष्प्रभ, द्युतिहीन, चटाईदार, बेंत का, उलझा हुआ, जटिल, घना pokriven, pleten összegubancolt kusut flæktur, flókinn arruffato, ingarbugliato もつれた 덥수룩하게 헝클어진, 빽빽이 난 suveltas savēlies kusut samengeklit floket, sammenfiltret splątany emaranhado încâlcit, încurcat спутанный rozstrapatený prepleten čupav tovig ซึ่งมีผิวด้าน keçeleşmiş 成簇的, 纏結的 сплутаний, скуйовджений الجھے، گٹھے bết (tóc) 成簇的, 缠结的

n ˈmatting

a material used for making mats coconut matting. matmateriaal مادَّة لِصُنْع الحُصُر рогозка rohožovina måttemateriale der Mattenstoff ψάθα estera rogusk حصیر mattoainekset fibres végétales חוֹמֶר לְשטִיחוֹן चटाई vrsta prostirača gyékényfonat bahan keset mottuefni (þurrkuð strá, hampur) fibra マット材 매트의 재료 plaušai maša bahan anyaman matwerk mattevarer materiał na maty esteira rogojină материал для плетения циновок materiál na rohože vlakna materijal za otirač mattväv, matta เครื่องปูลาด hasır, keçe 編席子的材料 мата; рогожа غالیچہ یا دری بنانے کا مادہ nguyên liệu dệt thảm 编席子的材料