Mats
/mæts/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters
Definition of Mats
noun
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
"Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in."
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
"They put mats on the table during mealtimes."
- A floor pad to protect athletes.
"The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat."
- A thickly tangled mess.
"a mat of hair"
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
verb
noun
noun
noun
- A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
"The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide)."
- A background, often painted or created with computers
"Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means."
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
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SYNONYMS
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