doormatnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɔː.mæt/us/ˈdɔːr.mæt/doormat noun [ C ] (MAT)
a piece of thick material that is put on the floor by a door, used to clean your shoes on when you go into a building
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Carpets, rugs & other floor coverings
- bath mat
- carpet
- carpeted
- carpeting
- fitted carpet
- fitter
- linoleum
- mat
- matting
- parquet
- Persian rug
- pile
- rug
- scatter rug
- shag
- underlay
- wall-to-wall
- welcome mat
doormat noun [ C ] (PERSON)
informal disapproving a person who accepts being treated badly and does not complain:
He may be selfish and insensitive, but she is a doormat.
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Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- lay a finger on sb idiom
- put sb through sth
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- smite
- torment
- walk all over sb idiom
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