Word Meaning

mat definition and meaning

n. A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
a. Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
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.
n. 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.
n. 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.
n. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
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.
v. i. To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.

Crossword clues for mat

- Dense tangled mass
- Door rug
- Floor covering
- Floor rug
- Gymnastics floor pad
- gymnastics surface
- Primates prise out tangle in hair
- ring padding
- Rug
- Rug in front of a door, it’s said, at the bullring
- Rug made of tangled hair
- Small carpet
- Small carpet piece
- Small floor covering
- Small rug
- Table protector, place ...
- Unkempt (hair)
- Yoga floor pad