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Definitions: Matting |
MattingNoun1. Floor covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp). 2. Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "matting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of matting, foretells pleasant prospects and cheerful news from the absent. If it is old or torn, you will have vexing things come before you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | The application of a mask to a film or video program to remove information from the top and/or bottom of a picture. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The process of smelting sulfide ores into matte. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MattingSynonym: mat (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: powdering (food & agriculture). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Matting |
| English words defined with "matting": Hag's tooth ♦ India matting ♦ potbound ♦ rootbound, Russia matting ♦ Trichomatose. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "matting": AUTO-BODY REPAIRER, FIBERGLASS ♦ BARREL-RIB MATTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ CARROTING ♦ drawing tender, DRAWING-FRAME TENDER ♦ Hag-knots ♦ impregnator ♦ Matting, MATTING-PRESS TENDER ♦ SIZER, MACHINE. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | LASRE Pod Matting to SR-71.Credit: NASA. |  | A close-up of the sand bags, cobble and jute matting used to reconfigure the channel.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Three men carrying palm leaf and matting rain shields.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The floors of the chambers were paved with red brick, which were scoured every week, and before the beds straw matting was spread. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He was walking down along the matting and he saw the door before him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Matting" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.62% of the time. "Matting" is used about 84 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.62% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.38% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 84 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "matting": Canton matting ♦ Canton or China matting ♦ China matting ♦ coconut matting ♦ India matting ♦ rush matting ♦ Russia matting. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
animal matting | 556 | office matting | 7 |
dog matting | 172 | framing matting picture | 6 |
matting | 138 | playground matting | 6 |
matting picture | 57 | bamboo matting | 6 |
rubber matting | 33 | matting rug | 5 |
hospital matting | 30 | factory matting | 5 |
framing matting | 26 | horse matting | 5 |
matting photo | 24 | archival matting | 5 |
frame with matting | 18 | coconut matting | 5 |
anti fatigue matting | 18 | matting picture supply | 5 |
carpet matting | 16 | capillary matting | 5 |
picture frame matting | 15 | matting and framing supply | 4 |
commercial matting | 14 | conservation matting | 4 |
floor matting | 11 | matting tropical | 4 |
safety matting | 10 | matting nomad | 4 |
matting supply | 8 | commercial floor matting | 4 |
cricket matting | 8 | anti slip matting | 4 |
custom matting | 8 | dog kennel matting | 4 |
industrial matting | 8 | cut matting pre | 4 |
french matting | 7 | custom matting picture | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "matting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hasër (mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مادة لصنع الحصر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | рогозка (mat), рогозарство, материал за рогозки. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rohože, látka (cloth, fabric, material, matter, stuff, substance, suiting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | matting, mattering (delustring, dulling, powdering), maatte, stråmatte (straw mat), halmmaatte (straw mat), daekkemaatte (straw mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | matteren (acid embossing, acid frosting, frosting, obscuring, powdering), mat (dim, dull, dullness, flat, frosted, grey, mat, matt, matte, mattress, short finish, straw mat, tired), stromat (straw mat), Chinamat, afdekken (blanket, blocking out, covering, dump cover, masking, opaquing, paint out, painting in, reverse clipping, shielding, spill, spotting, spotting out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پوشش حصیری , حصیر (Mat, Straw), بوریابافی , بوریا (Mat, Rush, Straw). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sikarin puuterointi (powdering), puuterointi (powdering, stuccoing), olkimatto (straw mat), kuvanrajaus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | matage, pièces de natte, paillasson (fibre mat, mat, straw mat), natte de Chine, cache (mask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mattierend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κινέζικη ψάθα, παρώπιση, πουδράρισμα (powdering), ψάθα πατώματοσ, ψάθα (bass, common marram, common marramgrass, european beachgrass, lug sail, mat, pallet, runner, slip mat, straw hat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nádfonat (webbing), gyékényszőnyeg (mat), gyékényfonat (mat, wattle), gubanc (ravel, screw-up, snag, snick, tangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stuoia (door mat, mat, rush mat, rush matting, straw mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 莚席 , 茣" (mat), 敷物 (carpet, carpeting, cushion, floorcloth, footcloth, rug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しきもの (carpet, carpeting, cushion, floorcloth, footcloth, rug), "ざ (mat), え"せき (a relative, banquet, curb, dinner party, distant relative, relatives). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 매트 (mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attingmay esteira (back wash, dunnage, furrow, mat, straw mat, track, wake, wake current, wash). (various references) rogojinã (doormat, Hassock, mat). (various references) циновка. (various references) rogozina (mat). (various references) mateado (delustring, dulling, pearl, powdering, satin etched), esterilla de China, esterilla (straw mat), estera de paja (straw mat), estera (coconut matting, doormat, fibre mat, mat, rush mat), enmascarado (colour masking, mask, masked, masking, masking process). (various references) mattillverkning. (various references) hasır örme, hasır örgüsü. (various references) циновка. (various references) nguyên liệu dệt thảm, chiếu thảm nguyên liệu dệt chiếu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "matting": mattings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "matting": formatting, preformatting, reformatting. (additional references) | |
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"Matting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mateing, Matengo, matings, Mattana, Mattingy, mattonn, matutina, Mcthing, Mittag, mittin, mitting, moating, motting, mpting, muttin, nating, natting, Nattinger. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "matting" (pronounced ma"ting) |
| 4 | -a" t i ng | batting, chatting, combating, combatting, patting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-t-t" | |
-1 letter: mating, mattin, taming, titman. | |
-2 letters: gamin, giant, matin, taint, titan. | |
-3 letters: agin, amin, anti, gain, gait, gnat, magi, main, matt, mina, mint, mitt, tain, tang, ting, tint. | |
-4 letters: aim, ain, ait, ami, ani, ant, att, gam, gan, gat, gin, git, mag, man, mat, mig, nag, nam, nim, nit, tag, tam, tan, tat, tin, tit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-t-t" | |
+1 letter: mattings, mutating. | |
+2 letters: admitting, imitating, magnetite, mattering. | |
+3 letters: alightment, amputating, anastigmat, attempting, automating, combatting, embattling, estimating, formatting, intimating, magnetites, maturating, meditating, militating, misstating, mitigating, mitigation, motivating, mutilating, postmating, smattering, tomcatting, ultimating. | |
+4 letters: alightments, anastigmats, attempering, coadmitting, commutating, impetrating, maltreating, manumitting, masticating, metagenetic, methylating, micturating, misstarting, mistreating, mitigations, outmatching, outsmarting, readmitting, smatterings, stalemating, stimulating, syntagmatic, terminating, transmuting, unmitigated, witenagemot. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 74 74 69 6E 67 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- - - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a t t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0074 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678686758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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