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mat [1] noun 1. a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or other fibre, used to cover a floor, to wipe the shoes on, etc. 2. a small piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc. 3. a thick covering, as of padded canvas, laid on a floor on which wrestlers contend. 4. NZ. a Maori cloak. 5. a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds. 6. Printing a. the intaglio (usu. of papier-mâchéor plastic), impressed from type or cut, from which a stereotype plate is cast or from which plastic and rubber plates are made for letterpress printing. b. the brass die used in a linotype, each carrying a letter in intaglio. -- verb ( matted, matting ) -- verb (t) 7. to cover with or as with mats or matting. 8. to form into a mat, as by interweaving. 9. to reprimand. -- verb (i) 10. to become entangled; from tangled masses. -- phrase 11. put on the mat, to reprimand. [ME matte, OE meatt ( e ), from LL matta ] |
