noun
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
(athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
A thickly tangled mess.
A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
verb
(transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
(intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
noun
(video games slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of material.
noun
(coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
verb
Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).
noun
(dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (“performance at a theater”).
noun
Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
adjective
Alternative form of matte (“not reflecting light”).
noun
(printing) Clipping of matrix.
noun
Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.