matEnglish

mat, matte, mate, matt, MAT

Less common #7,046 of the corpus · 11 per million words · 46,866 occurrences

Noun

Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports

English: mat, gym mat

Bahasa: tilam

The property of having little or no contrast, lacking highlights or gloss

English: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte

6 more noun senses

A master's degree in teaching

English: Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT

Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture

English: mat, matting

A mass that is densely tangled or interwoven

English: mat

Bahasa: lapik

A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it

English: mat

A chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

English: checkmate, mate

Less certain link between this word and this sense.

(chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king

English: check

Bahasa: sekak

Less certain link between this word and this sense.

Verb

Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

English: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat

Bahasa: terjamah

Adjective

Not reflecting light, not glossy

English: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted

Bahasa: kusam, usam

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