MAT (matted, matting)
Dictionary entry overview: What does MAT mean?
• MAT (noun)
The noun MAT has 7 senses:
1. a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
2. mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
3. sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
4. a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
5. a master's degree in teaching
6. the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
7. a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Familiarity information: MAT used as a noun is common.
• MAT (adjective)
The adjective MAT has 1 sense:
1. not reflecting light; not glossy
Familiarity information: MAT used as an adjective is very rare.
• MAT (verb)
The verb MAT has 2 senses:
1. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
2. change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Familiarity information: MAT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAT (noun)
Meaning:
A thick flat pad used as a floor covering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mat" is a kind of...):
floor cover; floor covering (a covering for a floor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mat"):
doormat; welcome mat (a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering)
Meaning:
Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
mat; matting
Hypernyms ("mat" is a kind of...):
mounting (framework used for support or display)
Meaning:
Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gym mat; mat
Hypernyms ("mat" is a kind of...):
sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mat"):
canvas; canvass (the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete)
wrestling mat (a mat on which wrestling matches are conducted)
Meaning:
A mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Context example:
a mat of weeds and grass
Hypernyms ("mat" is a kind of...):
mass (a body of matter without definite shape)
Meaning:
A master's degree in teaching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Master of Arts in Teaching; MAT
Hypernyms ("MAT" is a kind of...):
master's degree (an academic degree higher than a bachelor's but lower than a doctor's)
Meaning:
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
matt; lustrelessness; lusterlessness; matte; flatness; mat
Hypernyms ("mat" is a kind of...):
dullness (a lack of visual brightness)
Meaning:
A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("mat" is a kind of...):
pad (a usually thin flat mass of padding)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mat"):
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)
place mat (a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting)
• MAT (adjective)
Meaning:
Not reflecting light; not glossy
Synonyms:
matte; mat; matt; matted; flat
Context examples:
flat wall paint / a photograph with a matte finish
Similar:
dull (emitting or reflecting very little light)
• MAT (verb)
Meaning:
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
mat; entangle; snarl; tangle
Context example:
The child entangled the cord
Hypernyms (to "mat" is one way to...):
distort; twine; twist (form into a spiral shape)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mat"):
felt (mat together and make felt-like)
enmesh; ensnarl; mesh (entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They mat their hair
Meaning:
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
matte up; felt up; mat up; matt-up; matte; mat; felt
Context example:
The fabric felted up after several washes
Hypernyms (to "mat" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
