Mat

Definition: Mat

Mat

Adjective

1. Not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish".

Noun

1. A thick flat pad used as a floor covering.

2. Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture.

3. Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports.

4. A master's degree in teaching.

5. The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss.

6. Table linen for an individual place setting.

Verb

1. Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord".

2. Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes".

"Mat" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become".

Date "mat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	A continuous slab of concrete, generally reinforced, laid over the ground as a foundation for a structure. Source: European Union. (references)
	A layer of lean concrete usually 3 to 4 in. thick, put down on soil such as clay to seal it and provide a clean bed for reinforcement to be laid on. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	Keep away from mats in your dreams, as they will usher you into sorrow and perplexities. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Industry	A modification of plain weave in which two or more ends and picks weave as one, or a fabric made in such a weave. The basic hopsack weaves may be modified in various ways, e. g. by introducing additional interlacing to give a firmer cloth(stitched hopsack), or by arranging small square blocks of figures to form diagonal lines in the fabric(twilled hopsack). Source: European Union. (references)
Language	Treillis métallique que l'on met sous les chenilles d'un véhicule pour les empêcher de tourner sur place. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. An accumulation of broken mine timbers, rock, earth, etc., coincident with the caving system of mining. As the ore is extracted, the mat gradually settles and forms the roof of the working levels, slopes, etc. b. Lusterless or dull surface in a metal, produced by a method offinishing. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MAT	English	Mobile Anisotropy Telescope	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Mat

Synonyms: flat (adj), matte (adj), matted (adj), flatness (n), gym mat (n), lusterlessness (n), lustrelessness (n), matt (n), matting (n), place mat (n), entangle (v), felt (v), felt up (v), mat up (v), snarl (v), tangle (v). (additional references)

Antonym: disentangle (v). (additional references)

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.
	Mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill; tangle, entangle, ravel; net, knot; dishevel, raddle.
Support	Bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Mat

English words defined with "mat": acervulus, almond moth ♦ bath mat, bunch grass, bunchgrass ♦ Cadra cautella, canvas, canvass, coaster ♦ doormat ♦ fall, felt, Felter, fig moth ♦ Passe partout, Paunch mat, pin, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil ♦ sea mouse, Spandrel, Sword mat ♦ takedown, To lie at one's door ♦ welcome mat, wrestling mat. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mat": absorptive glass mat, ADVERTISING-DISPATCH CLERK, air mat, Alexis, assembly detailer ♦ BAND-SAW OPERATOR, BATTERY ASSEMBLER, PLASTIC, blasting mat, boat bottomer, BOAT PATCHER, PLASTIC ♦ cask maker, chair mat, combined top slicing and shrinkage stoping, CYLINDER-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ DIE MOUNTER, drunk mouse syndrome, DUST BOX WORKER ♦ Gums ♦ hand hardener, HARDENING-MACHINE OPERATOR, HOGSHEAD COOPER I, hogshead head-matcher, HOGSHEAD MAT ASSEMBLER, HOGSHEAD MAT INSPECTOR ♦ LINE TENDER, FLAKEBOARD ♦ manual hardener, MAT INSPECTOR, mat pack, MAT PACKER, MAT REPAIRER, MAT SEWER, MAT TESTER, mouse mat, mouse pad, moving annual total ♦ NIBBLER OPERATOR ♦ OVERLAY PLASTICIAN, Overshoes ♦ particle gummed, patcher, plastic boat, plate mounter, POLISHER, DIAL, PRESS OPERATOR, HARDBOARD, PRODUCT TESTER, FIBERGLASS ♦ REPAIRER, KILN CAR, roving technician ♦ schedule clerk, SCREEN HANDLER, shot-firing curtain, SIZER, HAND, SKI MOLDER, SKI REPAIRER, PRODUCTION, slicing method, STRAND-AND-BINDER CONTROLLER, SUPERVISOR, HARDBOARD, SUPERVISOR, ROOFING PLANT, SUPERVISOR, ROVING DEPARTMENT ♦ vacuum concrete. (references)

Etymologies containing "mat": Phormium. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Mat" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (carpet), Albanian (checkmate, mat, Matt, measure, mete, size, span, weigh), Breton (good, Well), Czech (checkmate, mate, stalemate), Dutch (dim, frosted, mat, tired), French (checkmate, dull, dusky, mate, Matt), Luxembourgish (with), Norwegian (food), Romanian (dead, dull, lustreless, mat, mate, opaque), Romansch (boy), Serbo-Croatian (checkmate, dim, mate, misted), Swedish (eating, fare, feeding, food, meal, provender), Turkish (checkmate, darkish, dull, lackluster, lacklustre, mat, mate, Matt, opaque, sober), Welsh (mat).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	But honey, we don't have a Welcome mat. (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro) We should put out the Welcome mat. (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro)
Lyrics	One more set of boots on your welcome mat (I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That; performing artist: Elton John) Put you a tent up, lay you a mat down (ANOTHER NIGHT IN TUNISIA; performing artist: Manhattan Transfer)
Movie/TV Titles	Mat karong guni (1971) Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963) Mat (1955) Échec et mat (1931) Mat (1926)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackals (reference) Fat Cat on a Mat (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Allt Om Mat (reference) Macromolecular Journals Basic Package + Macromolecular Mat & (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Pilates - Beginning Mat Workout (reference) Pilates Beginning Mat Workout (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Accordion Ala Mode/Perfect Mat (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	MCS INDUSTRIES 06020 8x10 SINGLE MAT FOR 5x7 PICTURE - COLOR: WHITE (reference) MCS INDUSTRIES 06303 5x7 SINGLE MAT FOR 4x6 PICTURE - COLOR: HUNTER (reference) Dance Mat (reference) Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX (reference) 5000-labels 04060 3-1/2 X1-7/16 White Cont Addr/ship Dot Mat (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Splat Mat (reference) Makita RF1101 2-1/4 HP Variable Speed Router--Includes Router Mat a $8.99 Value (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Yellow iron oxide comes from hydrothermal vents; white is bacterial mat. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Nutritional immunologist Tim Kramer examines a collection of individual T-cell proliferation cultures harvested onto the filter mat of a 96-well cell harvester. The samples can be used to determine how much T-cell growth has taken place. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..
	Operating off Hawaii on 5 November 1941, with her aircraft recovery mat draped over her stern. The ship is painted in dark Measure 1 camouflage, but her boats are still in peacetime light grey. Credit: NAVY.		A Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft hooks onto the recovery mat, in preparation for being hoisted on board, circa early 1942. Note flags marking the mat's front edges, and men watching from the whaleboat in the lower right. Credit: NAVY.
	The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Mat. chap. 13th verse 26. Credit: Library of Congress.		Mat. McIntyre/A. McConnell. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The welcome mat. Credit: Library of Congress.		Five girls lying on mat in gymnasium in front of basketball scoreboard, Western High School, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Blondie. Dagwood, there's a note for you under your front door mat / Chic Young. Credit: Library of Congress.		Revetment work on the Missouri River, the mat, Cambridge, Mo. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The mattress was a straw mat, the covering a large blanket of coarse grey wool, very warm and almost new.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	They heaped the mud up in a long embankment, and those who had no shovels cut live willow whips and wove them in a mat and kicked them into the bank
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The Indians had advanced so far as to regulate the effect of the wind by a mat suspended over the hole in the roof and moved by a string
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A fungus called Candida albicans causes thrush, which commonly forms a white mat coating on the inside of the mouth in severely immunodeficient people. (references)
Human Rights	Burma	Bedding, if any, consists of a single mat on the floor. (references)
Worker Rights	Russia	MAT workers subsequently went on strike to protest management's refusal to negotiate. (references)
	Russia	In June the mayor of Nizhniy Tagil signed a decree liquidating the MAT depot, although the depot continued to operate. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Mat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.82% of the time. "Mat" is used about 520 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)	94.82%	493	12,167
Unclassified Items	2.88%	15	90,616
Noun (proper)	1.54%	8	124,375
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	0.38%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.19%	1	339,140
Adjective (general or positive)	0.19%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	520	N/A

"Mat" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the four letters", "be", "become".

The following table summarizes names related to "Mat."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Matthew	Male	Biblical	Yahweh
Matthias	Male	Biblical	Matthew
Mattithyahu	Male	Biblical (Original)	Matthew
Matija	Male	Croatian	Matthew
Matej	Male	Czech	Matthew
Mads	Male	Danish	Matthew
Mat	Male	English	Matthew
Mathew	Male	English	Matthew
Matt	Male	English	Matthew
Matthew	Male	English	Yahweh
Matthias	Male	English	Matthew
Matty	Male	English	Matthew
Matias	Male	Finnish	Matthew
Matti	Male	Finnish	Matthew
Mathieu	Male	French	Matthew
Matthias	Male	German	Matthew
Matthias	Male	Greek	Matthew
Makaio	Male	Hawaiian	Matthew
Máté	Male	Hungarian	Matthew
Mátyás	Male	Hungarian	Matthew
Maitiú	Male	Irish	Matthew
Matteo	Male	Italian	Matthew
Mattia	Male	Italian	Matthew
Mats	Male	Norwegian	Matthew
Maciej	Male	Polish	Matthew
Mateusz	Male	Polish	Matthew
Mateus	Male	Portuguese	Matthew
Matheus	Male	Portuguese	Matthew
Matvei	Male	Russian	Matthew
Matija	Male	Serbian	Matthew
Matej	Male	Slovak	Matthew
Matej	Male	Slovene	Matthew
Matija	Male	Slovene	Matthew
Matjaz	Male	Slovene	Matthew
Mateo	Male	Spanish	Matthew
Mats	Male	Swedish	Matthew
Yahweh	Male	Theology	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "mat": absorptive glass mat ♦ algal mat ♦ bass mat ♦ bath mat ♦ chair mat ♦ coir mat ♦ diamond mat ♦ door mat ♦ earth mat ♦ fibre mat ♦ foundation mat ♦ give a mat finish to ♦ gym mat ♦ hair mat ♦ heating resistance mat ♦ landing mat ♦ mat footing ♦ mat foundation ♦ mat grass ♦ mat paper ♦ mat rush ♦ mat up ♦ mouse mat ♦ paunch mat ♦ place mat ♦ prayer mat ♦ rope mat ♦ rush mat ♦ sea mat ♦ sleeping mat ♦ stereotype dry mat ♦ sword mat ♦ table mat ♦ water mat ♦ welcome mat ♦ wrestling mat. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mat": mat-covered, mat-erials, mat-forming, mat-grass, mat-like, mat-making, mat-roofed, mat-supported.
	Ending with "mat": brink's-mat, brinks-mat, door-mat.
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.

Language		Translations for "mat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mushama tryeze, mushama (Mac, Macintosh, Mackintosh, oilcloth, oil-coat, oiler, Oilers, oilskin, raincoat, slicker, trench coat, waterproof), mat (checkmate, Matt, measure, mete, size, span, weigh), udhëz (aisle, doormat), rrogoz (foot-cloth), qilim (carpet, rug), pa shkëlqim (dim, ground, lacklustre), hasër (matting), fshirëse këmbësh, çentro nën vazo. (various references)

Arabic		‏غطى (cap, coat, cover, encase, face, invest, line, litter, mantle, mask, pall, paper, plaster, roof, sheathe, sheet, shield, smolder, smoulder, tuck, wrap), ‏حصيرة (jalousie), ‏حاشية الصورة, ‏سجاد (carper, carpeting, hangings), ‏زود بحصير, ‏طافىء, ‏جعل للصورة حاشية, ‏جدل (braid, braiding, cue, entwine, intertwine, interweaving, plait, plaiting, twine, twining, twist, wreathe, writhe), ‏إنضفر (entwine, interlace). (various references)

Bulgarian		неполиран (unpolished), паспарту (mounting, passepartout), подложка (bolster, chock, cushion, insert, insertion, overlay, pad, padding, planch, rest, saddle, seat, seating, sole, stock), покривам с рогозка, покривчица (doily), постилам рогозка на, матирам (flatten, frost, mate), матов (dead, dim, dull, lustreless, muddy, opaque), изтривалка, матрица (coin, die, former, jig, matrix, mould), сплъстявам (tangle), килимче (rug, scatter rug), тепих, черга (rug), рогозка (matting), сплитам (braid, intertwine, knit together, lace, plait, tangle, twine, twist, wreathe), сплетени бурени, сплетени клонки, сплъстени коси (elf-lock, elf-locks), матова повърхност. (various references)

Chinese		裀 (underclothing), 蓐 (rushes), 墊子 (cushion), 墊 (cushion, pad), 席子. (various references)

Czech		rohožka (doormat), rohož. (various references)

Danish		kaffedug (table mat, tray cloth), bakkeserviet (table mat, tray cloth), blandet måttebinding (hopsack pattern, mixed mat), bordloeber (table mat, tray cloth), boreplatform på ben (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig), daekkemaatte (matting, straw mat), doermaatte (doormat, fibre mat), fjergraes (feather-grass, marrow small-reed, mat weed), gulvmaatte (floor mat), gummimaatte i loebende laengde (runner, slip mat), halmmaatte (matting, straw mat), hopsack mønster (hopsack pattern, mixed mat), absorptiv glasmåtte (absorptive glass mat), jordmåtte (earth mat), varmetæppe (heating resistance collar, heating resistance mat, heating resistance pad), lysedug (table mat, tray cloth), nålet måtte (Bigelow mat, needled mat, quilted mat), Panama-binding (hopsack pattern, mixed mat), papmatrice (flong, stereotype dry mat), pladefundament (base, bedplate, foundation mat, foundation raft, foundation slab, mat footing, mat foundation, raft, raft foundation), SFAM-måtte (Plyglass, SFAM mat, SVAM mat(incorrect)), soveunderlag (sleeping mat), spånkage (particle mat), stråmatte (matting, straw mat), straamaatte (cheese grate, hurdle, straw mat), varmekrave (heating resistance collar, heating resistance mat, heating resistance pad), varmemåtte (heating resistance collar, heating resistance mat, heating resistance pad), jack up (jackup drilling platform, jack-up platform, jack-up rig, mat-supported jack-up, self-elevating rig). (various references)

Dutch		mat (dim, frosted, tired), schaakmat. (various references)

Esperanto		mato. (various references)

Faeroese		motta, gólvmotta. (various references)

Farsi		پادری , کفش پاک کن (Dlormat), حصیر (Matting, Straw), زیرگلدانی (Saucer), زیربشقابی , درهم گیرکردن (Interlock), بوریاپوش کردن , بوریا (Matting, Rush, Straw), باحصیرپوشاندن . (various references)

Finnish		matto (carpet, rug), alusta (base, basis, bed, bench, chassis, coaster, easel, foundation, mount, stand, tressle, workbench). (various references)

French		mate, mat (mate, Matt), tapisser, tapis-brosse (fibre mat), tapis (fascine mattress, mattress), s'emmêler, se feutrer, paillasson (fibre mat, matting, straw mat), natte (slip mat), flottant, essuie-pieds, dessous-de plat, carpette. (various references)

Frisian		matte. (various references)

German		Matte (hopsack twill, matt, matte), matt (checkmate, cloudy, dead, dim, dull, faint, feeble, flat, frosted, jaded, lame, languid, languidly, limp, mate, opal, opaque, Pearl, slack, subdued, tired, vapid, wan, wanly, weak, weary). (various references)

Greek		χαλάκι (doormat, rug). (various references)

Hebrew		מחצלת (doormat), שטיחון (small rug), שטיח (carpet, rug), חוצלת. (various references)

Hungarian		matt (dull, lustreless, matt, matte, unglazed, unvarnished), lábtörlõ (door mat, Matt), lábtörlő (doormat), gyékényszõnyeg (Matt), gyékényszőnyeg (matting), gyékényfonat (matting, wattle), fakó (colorless, colourless, dim, doughy, flat, lack-lustre, livid, lustreless, Matt, muddy, pale, pallid, paly, rusty, sallow, washed-out, whitey), fénytelen (lack-lustre, lightless, lustreless, pallid), birkózószőnyeg, összetapadt hajcsomó. (various references)

Indonesian		tikar (mat (plaited)), sajadah (prayer mat), gelaran (carpet, mat to sit on), bertikarkan (use something as a mat). (various references)

Italian		stuoia (door mat, matting, rush mat, rush matting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		茣蓙 (matting), マゼラン雲 (mac, machismo, Macintosh, Madagascar, madam killer, madame, Magellanic Clouds, maggeoli, mash, mashed potato, masochism, masochist, mass, massage, massive attack, matador, match, match play, match point, match pomp, matching, material, maternity dress, -matic, matinee, Matterhorn, McCarthy, McCarthyism, McCulloch, muckraker, mug, mushroom, mux), 台紙 (cardboard, mount), 下敷き (crushed beneath, desk pad, pinned under, something lying underneath), 下敷 (crushed beneath, desk pad, pinned under, something lying underneath). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マット (knot, nautical mile per hour), したじき (crushed beneath, desk pad, pinned under, something lying underneath), ござ (matting), だいし (cardboard, great teacher, mount, saint). (various references)

Korean		매트 (matting). (various references)

Manx		polley (stick together), neulonragh (flat, flat of colour). (various references)

Maori		whaariki-tia (carpet). (various references)

Maya		poop. (various references)

Pig Latin		atmay.(various references)

Portuguese		esteira (furrow, track, wake). (various references)

Romanian		muşama (oilcloth, oilskin, wax cloth), mat (dead, dull, lustreless, mate, opaque), mãtui, suport (bolster, carriage, chuck, foot, holdfast, Jack, leg, Mount, pad, pedal, plinth, prop, puncheon, reliance, shore, stanchion, stand, steady, stem, support), se încâlci, rogojinã (doormat, Hassock, matting), preş, opac (dark, dense, dull, opaque), covoraş (rug), şerveţel (napkin, table slip), acoperi cu o rogojinã, încâlci (confound, entangle, intertangle, muddle, tangle), împleti (braid, criss cross, entwine, entwist, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knit, mesh, plait, plash, twine, weave, work, wreathe). (various references)

Russian		спутанные волосы (elf-lock), рогожа (matting), тусклый (blear, bleary, dim, dingy, dull, faint, fishy, glazy, lackluster, lacklustre, muddy, obscure, pale, sad, sunless, wan), коврик, матовый (antiglare, dim, frostywhite, matt, matted, opaque), матовая отделка, мат (check mate, mat 1, mate), лошадь под седлом, подстилка (underlay), паспарту (passe-partout). (various references)

Scottish		stràille (carpet, rug). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mutan (bleary, dim, dingy, feculent, lacklustre, matted, muddy, roily, thick, troubled, turbid), strunjača, rogozina (matting), podmetač (pad, shim, wafer), otirač (doormat), nesjajnost, neproziran (dense, opaque), bez sjaja (lacklustre). (various references)

Spanish		estera (coconut matting, doormat, matting, rush mat). (various references)

Swahili		mkeka (plaited mat). (various references)

Swedish		matta (carpet, dull, rug, weaken), matt yta (frosting). (various references)

Thai		ใส่แผ่นรอง, เสื่อ, พันกันยุ่ง, ปูเสื่อ. (various references)

Turkish		mat (checkmate, darkish, dull, lackluster, lacklustre, mate, Matt, opaque, sober), paspas (doormat, mop), keçeleşmek, keçe (felt, felting, haircloth, pad), hasır ile örmek, hasır gibi yapmak, hasır (bass, reeds, straw, wicker), donuk (blear, blurred, clouded, colourless, dead, diaphanous, dim, dull, dullish, frosty, glassy, inanimate, Matt, opaque, toneless), dolaşmak (air oneself, bat around, be afloat, become tangled, browse around, circuit, circulate, float, flow, go about, go around, go for a jaunt, go for a stroll, go for a walk, go on a jaunt, hike, itinerate, jaunt, jauntiness, kink, knot, look round, mosey, perambulate, range, roam, rove, stray, stroll, take a stroll, take a walk, travel, walk, walk about, walk around, wander), dolaşık yığın, buzlu (frappe, frosted, frosty, ground, iced, icy, Matt, on the rocks, with ice), bardak altlığı (coaster). (various references)

Ukrainian		рогожа, робити настил, матова поверхня (matte), матовий (frosted, matted, opaque), мата, застилати матами, підстилка (bedding, litter, underlay). (various references)

Vietnamese		mờ (dim, obscure, twilight), xỉn (dingy, dull, dully, lustreless). (various references)

Welsh		mat. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	1. sa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Revelation Chapter 21, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai emetrhsen to teicoV authV ekaton tessarakonta tessarwn phcwn metron anqrwpou o estin aggelou
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et mensus est murus eius centum quadraginta quattuor cubitorum mensura hominis quae est angeli
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And he mat the wallis of it, of an hundrid and `foure and fourti cubitis, bi mesure of man, that is, of an aungel.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And he measured the wall therof. an cxliiii. cubittes: the measure that ye angell had was after the measure that man vseth.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And he measured the wall of it a hundred and forty four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Revelation Chapter 21, Verse 17
Cebuano	Gisukod usab niya ang paril niini, nga may mga kan-uman ug unom ka metro, sumala sa sinukdan sa tawo, nga maoy pagsukod niini sa manolunda.
Chinese	又量了城牆、按著人的尺寸、就是天使的尺寸、共有一百四十四肘。
Croatian	Izmjeri i njegove zidine: sto èetrdeset i èetiri lakta po èovjekovoj mjeri kojom je mjerio anðeo.
Danish	Og han målte dens Mur, hundrede og fire og fyrretyve Alen, efter Menneskemål, hvilket er Englemål.
Dutch	En hij mat haar muur op honderd vier en veertig ellen, naar de maat eens mensen, welke des engels was.
Finnish	Ja hän mittasi sen muurin: se oli sata neljäkymmentä neljä kyynärää, ihmismitan mukaan, joka on enkelin mitta.
French	Il mesura la muraille, et trouva cent quarante-quatre coudées, mesure d`homme, qui était celle de l`ange.
German	Und er maß ihre Mauer, hundertvierundvierzig Ellen, nach Menschenmaß, das der Engel hat.
Hungarian	És megméré annak kõfalát száznegyvennégy singre, ember mértékével, azaz angyaléval.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika malaikat itu mengukur temboknya, ternyata tinggi tembok itu enam puluh meter. Ukuran yang dipakai oleh malaikat itu adalah ukuran yang dipakai oleh manusia.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan diukurnya pula dewala negeri itu seratus empat puluh empat hasta menurut ukuran manusia, yang menjadi ukuran bagi malaekat itu.
Maori	Na ka whangangatia ano e ia tona taiepa, kotahi rau e wha tekau ma wha nga whatianga, he ruri na te tangata, ara na te anahera.
Norwegian	Og han målte dens mur: hundre og fire og firti alen, efter menneskemål, som og er engle-mål.
Portuguese	Também mediu o seu muro, e era de cento e quarenta e quatro côvados, segundo a medida de homem, isto é, de anjo.
Rumanian	I -a mqsurat wi zidul, wi -a gqsit o sutq patruzeci wi patru de coyi, dupq mqsura oamenilor, cqci cu mqsura aceasta mqsura kngerul.
Swahili	Kisha akaupima ukuta wake pia; nao ulikuwa mita sitini kwa kipimo cha macho cha kibinadamu ambacho malaika alitumia.
Swedish	Och han mätte dess mur: den var ett hundra fyrtiofyra alnar efter människors mått, som ock är änglars.
Uma	Nahuka' wo'o bente ngata toe: kalangko-na ha'atu opo' mpulu' opo' nciku-- ba kira-kira ono mpulu' mete. Pohuka' to napake' mala'eka toe hibalia pohuka' to rapake' manusia'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mat": matador, matadors, matambala, match, matchable, matchboard, matchboards, matchbook, matchbooks, matchbox, matchboxes, matched, matcher, matchers, matches, matching, matchless, matchlessly, matchlock, matchlocks, matchmaker, matchmakers, matchmaking, matchmakings, matchstick, matchsticks, matchup, matchups, matchwood, matchwoods, mate, mated, mateless, matelot, matelote, matelotes, matelots, mater, materfamilias, materfamiliases, material, materialise, materialised, materialises, materialising, materialism, materialisms, materialist, materialistic, materialistically, materialists. (additional references)
	Words ending with "mat": achromat, anastigmat, bathmat, cocomat, dichromat, diplomat, doormat, format, kismat, laundromat, monochromat, preformat, reformat, semimat, superdiplomat, trichromat. (additional references)
	Words containing "mat": acclamation, acclamations, acclimate, acclimated, acclimates, acclimating, acclimation, acclimations, acclimatise, acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatising, acclimatization, acclimatizations, acclimatize, acclimatized, acclimatizer, acclimatizers, acclimatizes, acclimatizing, accustomation, accustomations, achromatic, achromatically, achromatism, achromatisms, achromatize, achromatized, achromatizes, achromatizing, achromats, acmatic, acoelomate, acoelomates, adenocarcinomata, adenocarcinomatous, adenomata, adenomatous, aerenchymata, affirmation, affirmations, affirmative, affirmatively, affirmatives, aftermath, aftermaths, amalgamate, amalgamated, amalgamates, amalgamating, amalgamation. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amet, amnt, emat, gmat, Gmbatu, m'a, mab, mact, maet, maf, maft, magt, mah, maht, mait, maj, mant, maq, mati, matr, Matu, matz, mau, maut, mav, mawt, mdt, meft, metn, mett, metu, mety, mlt, mmat, mpt, Mpta, Mqa, mrt, mtb, mtg, mtn, mtr, muat, Mwat, Myatt, myt, nerat, Qma. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mat" (pronounced ma"t)
3	m a" t	Matt, matte.
2	-a" t	at, bat, batt, begat, brat, cat, chat, fat, flat, Gat, gnat, hat, Kat, nonfat, Pat, rat, sat, scat, slat, spat, splat, stat, Tat, that, vat.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: tam.
	Words within the letters "a-m-t"
	-1 letter: am, at, ma, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-m-t"
	+1 letter: atma, atom, malt, mart, mast, mate, math, mats, matt, maut, meat, meta, moat, tame, tamp, tams, team, tram.
	+2 letters: admit, ambit, ament, amity, amort, armet, atman, atmas, atoms, atomy, datum, etyma, gamut, magot, maist, malts, malty, manat, manta, marts, masts, match, mated, mater, mates, matey, maths, matin, matte, matts, matza, matzo, mauts, mayst, meant, meats, meaty, menta, metal, moats, ramet, satem, smalt, smart, stamp, steam, stoma, tamal, tamed, tamer, tames, tamis, tammy, tamps, teams, tharm, toman, tramp, trams, tryma.
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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mat	1,559	chair mat	129
floor mat	720	pilates mat	129
exercise mat	540	welcome mat	119
door mat	519	truck floor mat	117
yoga mat	515	nap mat	114
car mat	376	husky floor mat	114
car floor mat	310	custom floor mat	113
rubber mat	296	office mat	110
mat board	229	antifatigue mat	110
auto floor mat	219	truck bed mat	103
entrance mat	212	laundry mat	102
dash mat	211	mat sundin	97
mat cutter	187	stall mat	95
safety mat	179	gym mat	93
automotive floor mat	177	mat hoffman	91
bath mat	157	play mat	87
toyota floor mat	145	beach mat	86
golf mat	139	tatami mat	85
wrestling mat	134	place mat	79
rubber floor mat	132	bmw floor mat	78
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Cracked plastic floor mat" by Johnnie Crash Commentary: "Old cracked plastic floor mat.. not much more can be said."	"Composition with chopsticks" by Joanna Kopik Commentary: "Teacup and chopsticks on a straw mat."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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