mat
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
Example
“Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.”
Other meanings
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 kind of
- floor cover
Kinds of mat
- welcome mat
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "matta" (mat made of rushes).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “mat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.