mat

CEFRB1

/mæt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of material placed on a floor or surface.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A floor pad to protect athletes.

Examples

  • Entering the house, I tripped over the mat.

  • Please wipe your feet on the mat.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. A thickly tangled mess.

More examples

In context

  • Wipe your shoes on the mat.

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

  • They put mats on the table during mealtimes.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She wiped her feet on the blank before entering the house.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)). Cognate with German Matte (“mat”), Danish måtte (“mat”), Faroese and Icelandic motta (“rug, mat”), Norwegian matte (“mat, rug”), Swedish matta (“carpet, rug, mat”).