table mat

1. 1.

   a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table

   Synonymshot pad

   Broaderpad

Questions about table mat

What does table mat mean?

table mat means "a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table".

What is another word for table mat?

Close synonyms include hot pad. 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 table mat a common word?

table mat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.