Word Finder - mats

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A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

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Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.

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A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.

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They put mats on the table during mealtimes.

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A floor pad to protect athletes.

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The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.

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A thickly tangled mess.

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a mat of hair

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A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.

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A thin surface layer; superficial cover.

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Iceland moss growing in a mat

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To cover, protect or decorate with mats.

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To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

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A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.

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To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.

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A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.

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A woman's dress to be worn in the morning or before dinner.

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A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

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The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).

synonyms

• mat
• matting
• passe-partout

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A background, often painted or created with computers

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Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.

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(pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.