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Mat
A mat is a piece of fabric material that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface. Mats serve a range of purposes including:
serving to clean items passed over it, such as a doormat, which removes dirt from the soles of shoes
protecting that which is above the mat, such as a wrestling or gymnastics mat, or an anti-vibration mat
protecting that which is beneath the mat, such as a place mat or the matting used in archival framing and preservation of documents and paintings
providing a regular or flat surface, such as a cushioned computer mousepad
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Mat (noun)
A flat piece of wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
“Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.”
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Mat (noun)
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.”
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Mat (noun)
A floor pad to protect athletes.
“The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.”
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Mat (noun)
A thickly tangled mess.
“a mat of hair; a mat of weeds”
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Mat (noun)
A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
“the mat of a daguerreotype”
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Mat (noun)
A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
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Mat (noun)
A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
“Iceland moss growing in a mat”
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Mat (noun)
An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
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Mat (noun)
abbreviation of matineeperformance at a theater.
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Mat (noun)
A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
“To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.”
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Mat (verb)
To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
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Mat (verb)
To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
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Matte (noun)
A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
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“The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).”
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Matte (noun)
A painted or created with computers
“Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.”
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Matte (noun)
The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
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Matte (adjective)
Dull; not reflective of light.
“matt|q1=UK”
“glossy”
“Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.”
“a matte lipstick”