mat

Everyday

1. A mat is a small piece of material put on the floor, like a doormat or bath mat. tree →
2. A mat is a thick soft piece of material for exercise or gym, like a yoga mat or PE mat. tree →
3. A mat is a small flat piece put under a plate, glass or hot dish to protect a table, like a placemat. tree →

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 →
• The cat sat on the mat. tree →
• Put the hot pan on a mat, not on the table. tree →
• Lie down on your mat for stretching. tree →
• The bath mat stops you slipping. tree →
• Roll up your yoga mat after class. tree →
• We landed safely on the gym mats. tree →
• The old woman lifted the mat, undid the blanket, and found the girls both dead. tree →

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 →

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».