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# mat

«mat» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a small piece of material put on the floor, like a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A mat is a small piece of material put on the floor, like a doormat or bath mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#m3)

### sense 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x1)
- Wipe your feet on the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x2)
- The cat sat on the mat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x3)
- Put the hot pan on a mat, not on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x4)
- Lie down on your mat for stretching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x5)
- The bath mat stops you slipping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x6)
- Roll up your yoga mat after class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x7)
- We landed safely on the gym mats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x8)
- The old woman lifted the mat, undid the blanket, and found the girls both dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/#x9)

### 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 the corpora

- [Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/2/)
- [The Rat digs on and finds a shabby door-mat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/5/)
- [The Mole: «Can we EAT a doormat? or sleep under a door-mat?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/27/)
- [The Rat's chain: a clean metal cut → a door-scraper → a door-mat → a door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/35/)
- [Sand, mats and the foam in a helmet soften a blow by letting you stop more slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.