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mats

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4 characters
English (US)
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mats

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, mats is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofmats

1noun
  • 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."

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

    Example: "They put mats on the table during mealtimes."

  • A floor pad to protect athletes.

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

  • A thickly tangled mess.

    Example: "a mat of hair"

  • A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
  • A thin surface layer; superficial cover.

    Example: "Iceland moss growing in a mat"

1verb
  • To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
  • To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
1noun
  • A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.

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

1noun
  • 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.
1noun
  • A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

    Synonyms: mat, matting, "passe-partout"

    Example: "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

    Example: "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.

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