Mat

Pronunciation: măt

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

When he saw them so piteous and so maat.

- Chaucer.

A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.

Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.

An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.

Mat grass
a -	(Bot.) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta
b -	Same as Matweed.

Mat rush
(Bot.) a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.

v. t.

To cover or lay with mats.

[imp. & p. p. Matted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Matting.]

To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.

- Dryden.

v. i.

To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted.

Noun	1.	mat - a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
	2.	mat - mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture Synonyms: matting
	3.	mat - sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports Synonyms: gym mat
	4.	MAT - a master's degree in teaching Synonyms: Master of Arts in Teaching
	5.	mat - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss Synonyms: lusterlessness, lustrelessness, matt, matte, flatness
	6.	mat - a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Verb	1.	mat - twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" Synonyms: entangle, snarl, tangle
	2.	mat - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" Synonyms: felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, felt
Adj.	1.	mat - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" Synonyms: matt, matte, matted, flat

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