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Mat
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”). alt-of, alternative
"Frons mat black, orbits slightly paler, more greyish; mesonotum distinctly mat, greyish-black, but with some subshine; […]"
- 1 not reflecting light; not glossy wordnet
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
- 2 a Malay man Singapore, ethnic, slur
- 1 A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
"Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in."
- 2 Clipping of material. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, in-plural, slang
"I used up all my mats cranking 90s and ended up getting one-pumped."
- 3 An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
- 4 Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”). abbreviation, alt-of, dated, slang
"A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's"."
- 5 Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”). alt-of, alternative
"the mat of a daguerreotype"
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- 6 Clipping of matrix. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 7 Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities. uncountable
"Most teenagers go through times when they use mat "rather heavily" among themselves. I guess they associate it with being adults. In most cases though this goes away pretty fast, usually when they start dating girls. Using mat rather heavily after graduating from university is a differnet^([sic]) matter."
- 8 Initialism of medication-assisted treatment. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 9 a thick flat pad used as a floor covering wordnet
- 10 A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
"They put mats on the table during mealtimes."
- 11 Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”). alt-of, alternative
- 12 Initialism of Master of Arts in Teaching. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 13 sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports wordnet
- 14 A floor pad to protect athletes.
"The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat."
- 15 a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it wordnet
- 16 A thickly tangled mess.
"a mat of weeds"
- 17 mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture wordnet
- 18 A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- 19 a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete wordnet
- 20 A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
"Iceland moss growing in a mat"
- 21 the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss wordnet
- 22 a master's degree in teaching wordnet
- 23 a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven wordnet
- 1 To cover, protect or decorate with mats. transitive
"Be careful now to keep the Doors and Windows of your Conservatories well matted"
- 2 Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”). alt-of, alternative
- 3 change texture so as to become matted and felt-like wordnet
- 4 To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle. intransitive
"And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair."
- 5 twist together or entwine into a confusing mass wordnet
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Cognate with German Matte (“mat”), Danish måtte (“mat”), Faroese and Icelandic motta (“rug, mat”), Norwegian matte (“mat, rug”), Swedish matta (“carpet, rug, mat”).
Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Cognate with German Matte (“mat”), Danish måtte (“mat”), Faroese and Icelandic motta (“rug, mat”), Norwegian matte (“mat, rug”), Swedish matta (“carpet, rug, mat”).
Compare matte.
Compare matte.
A clipped form of matinee.
From Russian мат (mat), abbreviated from the expression ма́терная брань (máternaja branʹ), ultimately from мать (matʹ, “mother”).
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