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Meaning of 'mat'
Meaning of 'mat' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Mat 
[ a.]
- Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [ a.]2. Mat [ n.]
- A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron,
etc., usually called white metal. [ n.]- A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.
- Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
- 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.
- An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
3. Mat [ v. i.]
- To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted
together like a mat. [ v. i.]4. Mat [ v. t.]
- To cover or lay with mats. [ v. t.]- To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
Meaning of 'mat' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. mat [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
- a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
Example in sentence:
- a mat of weeds and grass
2. mat [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
Example in sentence:
- The child entangled the cord
Meaning (3):
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Example in sentence:
- The fabric felted up after several washes
3. mat [ s]
[ s]Meaning (4):
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- not reflecting light; not glossy
Example in sentence:
- a photograph with a matte finish;
- flat wall paint
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