| mat | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. mat | a thick flat pad used as a floor covering. |
| ~ welcome mat, doormat | a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering. |
| ~ floor cover, floor covering | a covering for a floor. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. mat, matting | mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture. |
| ~ mounting | framework used for support or display. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. gym mat, mat | sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports. |
| ~ canvas, canvass | the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete.; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" |
| ~ sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport. |
| ~ wrestling mat | a mat on which wrestling matches are conducted. |
| n. (object) | 4. mat | a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven.; "a mat of weeds and grass" |
| ~ mass | a body of matter without definite shape.; "a huge ice mass" |
| n. (communication) | 5. master of arts in teaching, mat | a master's degree in teaching. |
| ~ master's degree | an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte | the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss. |
| ~ dullness | a lack of visual brightness.; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. mat | a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it. |
| ~ drip mat | a small mat placed under a glass to protect a surface from condensation. |
| ~ mouse mat, mousepad | a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse. |
| ~ pad | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort. |
| ~ place mat | a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting. |
| v. (contact) | 8. entangle, mat, snarl, tangle | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.; "The child entangled the cord" |
| ~ distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ felt | mat together and make felt-like.; "felt the wool" |
| ~ enmesh, ensnarl, mesh | entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh. |
| v. (change) | 9. felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up | change texture so as to become matted and felt-like.; "The fabric felted up after several washes" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| adj. | 10. flat, mat, matt, matte, matted | not reflecting light; not glossy.; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" |
| ~ dull | emitting or reflecting very little light.; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky" |
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