mat

Meaning

Noun

1. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
2. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
3. A floor pad to protect athletes.
4. A thickly tangled mess.
5. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
6. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
2. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

Verb

Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).

Adj

Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”).

Synonyms

matting

matt

matte

rug

carpet

mattress

bed

🛏️

straw mat

tangle

entangle

seat

💺

doormat

sleeping mat

felt

mount

pad

mat up

matte up

gym mat

chair

🪑

sheet

snarl

dull

matted

dim

matt-up

lacklustre

cushion

layer

prayer mat

cover

flatness

lusterlessness

lustrelessness

clot

flat

tablecloth

pillow

felt up

lustreless

pallet

coverlet

blanket

couch

🛋️

confuse

blank

bass

coaster

cloth

bedroll

Translations

natte

estera

Matte

mat

stuoia

tapete

paillasson

petate

estora

schaakmat

zerbino

tapis

felpudo

colchoneta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mæt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: matte

Inherited from Old English: meatte

Cognate with Hebrew: מיטה

In summary

Inherited from Middle English matte, from Old English meatte, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).