| mat | |
| 1. n. 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. n. 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. | |
| 3. n. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes. | |
| The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat. | |
| 4. n. A thickly tangled mess. | |
| a mat of hair; a mat of weeds | |
| 5. n. A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame. | |
| the mat of a daguerreotype | |
| 6. n. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material. | |
| 7. n. A thin surface layer; superficial cover. | |
| Iceland moss growing in a mat | |
| 8. v. To cover, protect or decorate with mats. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle. | |
| 10. n. (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal. | |
| 11. n. (dated) abbreviation of, matinee, (performance at a theater). | |
| 12. n. (video games, slang) A material or component needed for a crafting recipe. | |
| To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats. | |
