mat

1. 1.

   twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

   “The child entangled the cord”

   Synonymsentangletanglesnarl

   Broadertwist

   Narrowerfeltenmesh
2. 2.

   change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

   “The fabric felted up after several washes”

   Synonymsfeltfelt upmat upmatt-upmatte upmatte

   Broaderchange

1. 1.

   not reflecting light; not glossy

   “flat wall paint”

   “a photograph with a matte finish”

   Synonymsflatmattmattematted

   Similardull

Other forms of mat

plural

mats·

past tense or participle

matted

present participle

matting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mat

What does mat mean?

mat means "a thick flat pad used as a floor covering". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mat?

mat has 1 syllable: mat. In IPA it is /ˈmæt/.

What is another word for mat?

Close synonyms include matting, gym mat, Master of Arts in Teaching, flatness, lusterlessness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mat a common word?

mat is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mat?

6 words rhyme with mat. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.