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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mat. abbreviation for - matinée
mat1 /mæt/USA pronunciation n., v., mat•ted, mat•ting. n. [countable] - a piece of fabric used on a floor as a covering:a floor mat.
- a piece of material set under an object, as a dish:a place mat.
- Sporta thick pad placed on a floor to protect wrestlers and gymnasts.
- Botanya thick tangled mass, as of weeds or hair.
v. - to form into a tangled mass: [no object]Her hair matted from the sweat.[~ + object]The rain matted his hair.
- Idioms go to the mat, [~ (+ for + object)] to support or defend a person or cause with determination:promised he'd go to the mat for her when she came up for review.
mat2 /mæt/USA pronunciation n., v., mat•ted, mat•ting. n. [countable] - Fine Artmaterial serving as a frame or border for a picture.
v. [~ + object] - Photography, Fine Artto provide (a picture) with a mat.
mat3 /mæt/USA pronunciation adj., n., v., mat•ted, mat•ting. - matte.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mat1 (mat),USA pronunciation n., v., mat•ted, mat•ting. n. - a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc.
- Sport
- the padded canvas covering the entire floor of a wrestling ring, for protecting the contestants from injury when thrown.
- a thick pad placed on the floor for the protection of tumblers and others engaged in gymnastic sports.
- Botanya thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
- a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar.
- Buildinga slablike footing of concrete, esp. one for an entire building.
- Buildinga heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab.
- Idiomsgo to the mat, to contend or struggle in a determined or unyielding way:The President is going to the mat with Congress over the proposed budget cuts.
v.t. - to cover with or as if with mats or matting.
- to form into a mat, as by interweaving.
v.i. - Botanyto become entangled;
form tangled masses.
- Semitic; compare Hebrew mittāh bed
- Late Latin matta mat of rushes
- Middle English, Old English matte bef. 900
- Photography, Fine Arta piece of cardboard or other material placed over or under a drawing, painting, photograph, etc., to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame.
v.t. - Photography, Fine Artto provide (a picture) with a mat.
- apparently mat1, influenced by matte1 1835–40
- Cinemamatte1.
mat4 (mat),USA pronunciation n. [Print.]- Printingthe intaglio, usually of papiermâché, impressed from type or a cut, from which a stereotype plate is cast.
- Printingmatrix (def. 8).
- shortened form of matrix 1920–25
- matins.
- maturity.
M.A.T., - EducationMaster of Arts in Teaching.
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