MATS
/mæts/
6
Scrabble
7
WWF
M(3) A(1) T(1) S(1)
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Definition
/mæts/
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
- To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
noun
- A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.“To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.”
noun
- A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.
- A woman's dress to be worn in the morning or before dinner.
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.
Source: Wiktionary
