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mat matt

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mat1

▶noun

1 a thick piece of material placed on the floor and used as protection from dirt, for wiping the feet on, or as a decorative rug.
■ a piece of resilient material for landing on in gymnastics, wrestling, or similar sports.

2 a small piece of cork, card, or similar material placed on a surface to protect it from the heat or moisture of an object placed on it.
■ (also mouse mat) Brit. a small piece of rigid or resilient material on which a computer mouse is moved.

3 a thick, untidy layer of hairy or woolly material.

▶verb (mats, matting, matted) (usu. as adj. matted) tangle in a thick mass: matted hair.

– phrases
on the mat informal being reprimanded by someone in authority. [with military reference, in which an accused would stand on the orderly room mat.]

– origin OE m(e)att(e), of W. Gmc origin.

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mat2

▶noun short for matrix (sense 2).

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mat3

▶noun US spelling of matt.

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matt /mat/ (also matte)

▶adjective (of a colour or surface) dull and flat, without a shine. ▶noun