Definitions for: Mat


[n] a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
[n] sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
[n] mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
[n] table linen for an individual place setting
[n] the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
[n] a master's degree in teaching
[adj] not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
[v] change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
[v] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"



Webster (1913) Definition: Mat, n. [Cf. Matte.]
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin,
iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also
matt.]


Mat, a. [OF. See 4th Mate.]
Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.]

When he saw them so piteous and so maat. --Chaucer.


Mat, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of
rushes.]
1. 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.

2. 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.

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.

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.

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.


Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Matting.]
1. To cover or lay with mats. --Evelyn.

2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or
like, a mat; to entangle.

And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
--Dryden.


Mat, v. i.
To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted
together like a mat.

Synonyms: dull, entangle, felt, felt up, flat, flatness, gym mat, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, Master of Arts in Teaching, mat up, matt, matt, matte, matte, matted, matting, place mat, snarl, tangle

Antonyms: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl

See Also: canvas, canvass, change, distort, doormat, dullness, dulness, enmesh, ensnarl, felt, floor covering, floorcover, master's degree, mesh, mounting, napery, sporting goods, sports equipment, table linen, twine, twist, welcome mat, wrestling mat

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