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# mat

noun (a mat, mats); adjective (matt — different spelling, means not shiny)

«mat» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A mat is a small piece of material put on the floor, like a doormat or bath mat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#m1)
2. A mat is a thick soft piece of material for exercise or gym, like a yoga mat or PE mat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#m2)
3. A mat is a small flat piece put under a plate, glass or hot dish to protect a table, like a placemat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, «wipe your feet on the mat» before coming in; a bath mat stops you slipping. In PE and safety, gym mats protect you when you fall or tumble. At the table, a placemat or table mat protects the table from hot dishes. In early reading, «The cat sat on the mat» is a famous simple sentence. In maths lessons, children sometimes sit on the carpet or mat for whole-class teaching.

### Examples

- Wipe your feet on the mat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x1)
- The cat sat on the mat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x2)
- Put the hot pan on a mat, not on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x3)
- Lie down on your mat for stretching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x4)
- The bath mat stops you slipping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x5)
- Roll up your yoga mat after class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x6)
- We landed safely on the gym mats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x7)
- The old woman lifted the mat, undid the blanket, and found the girls both dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a mat, mats. «Matt» (UK) or «matte» (US) is a different word meaning not shiny (matt paint). «Matted» hair or fur is tangled. «Mat» rhymes with «cat».

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life, «wipe your feet on the mat» before coming in; a bath mat stops you slipping. In PE and safety, gym mats protect you when you fall or tumble. At the table, a placemat or table mat protects the table from hot dishes. In early reading, «The cat sat on the mat» is a famous simple sentence. In maths lessons, children sometimes sit on the carpet or mat for whole-class teaching.

### Examples

- The Twenty-seventh Path is the Exciting Intelli- gence, and it is so called because through it is consum- mated and perfected the nature of every existent being under the orb of the Sun, in perfection. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x1)

### Note

Countable: a mat, mats. «Matt» (UK) or «matte» (US) is a different word meaning not shiny (matt paint). «Matted» hair or fur is tangled. «Mat» rhymes with «cat».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mat.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mat.html) on Mova free.