English-Thai Dictionary
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N ที่ รอง (แก้ว แจกัน จาน อาหาร ตะเกียง ฯลฯ แผ่น รอง ti-rong
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N สิ่ง ที่ หนา และ พัน กัน ยุ่งเหยิง sing-ti-na-lea-pan-kan-yung-yeng
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N เสื่อ พรม สาด floor-cover bath mat prayer mat suea
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VI พัน กัน ยุ่ง tangle pan-kan-yung
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VT ปู เสื่อ ปูพรม mat pu-sue
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VT ใส่ แผ่น รอง ใส่ กระดาษ รอง sai-pan-rong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MAT
n.[L. matta.] 1. A texture of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, or other material, to be laid on a floor for cleaning the boots and shoes of those who enter a house, and for other purposes.
2. A web of rope-yard, used in ships to secure the standing rigging from the friction of the yards, etc.
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v.t.To cover or lay with mats. 1. To twist together; to interweave like a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
2. To press together; to lay flat; as matted grass.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MAT
Mat, n. Etym: [Cf. Matte. ]
Defn: A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc. , usually called white metal. [Written also matt. ]
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Mat, a. Etym: [OF. See 4th Mate. ]
Defn: Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs. ] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer.
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Mat, n. Etym: [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]
1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.
2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc. , put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype. Mat grass. (Bot. ) (a ) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta ). (b ) Same as Matweed. -- Mat rush (Bot. ), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris ) used in England for making mats.
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Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted; p. pr. & vb. n. Matting. ]
1. To cover or lay with mats. Evelyn.
2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle. And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. Dryden.
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MAT Mat, v. i.
Defn: To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.
New American Oxford Dictionary
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MAT 1 |mat mæt | ▶noun a technology that uses chemicals (usually petrolatum, dimethicone, and polyquaternium ) to reduce the ability of bacteria to adhere to the skin: the company is developing MAT-containing soaps. ORIGIN abbr. of microbial anti-attachment technology .
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MAT 2 |mat mæt | ▶abbreviation Master of Arts in Teaching.
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mat 1 |mat mæt | ▶noun 1 a piece of protective material placed on a floor, in particular: • a piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on. • a piece of resilient material for landing on in gymnastics, wrestling, or similar sports. • a small rug. • a piece of coarse material for lying on: a beach mat. 2 a small piece of cork, card, or similar material placed on a table or other surface to protect it from the heat or moisture of an object placed on it. 3 a thick, untidy layer of something hairy or woolly: his chest was covered by a thick mat of soft fair hair. ▶verb ( mats, matting , matted ) [ with obj. ] tangle (something, esp. hair ) in a thick mass: sweat matted his hair | the fur on its flank was matted with blood. • [ no obj. ] become tangled. PHRASES go to the mat informal vigorously engage in an argument or dispute, typically on behalf of a particular person or cause. on the mat informal being reprimanded by someone in authority. [with military reference to the orderly room mat, where an accused would stand before the commanding officer. ]ORIGIN Old English m (e )att (e ); related to Dutch mat and German Matte, from late Latin matta, from Phoenician.
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mat 2 |mæt mat | ▶noun short for matrix ( sense 2 ).
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mat 3 |mæt mat | ▶adjective, noun, & verb variant spelling of matte 1.
Oxford Dictionary
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MAT 1 |mat mæt | ▶noun a technology that uses chemicals (usually petrolatum, dimethicone, and polyquaternium ) to reduce the ability of bacteria to adhere to the skin: the company is developing MAT-containing soaps. ORIGIN abbr. of microbial anti-attachment technology .
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MAT 2 |mat mæt | ▶abbreviation Master of Arts in Teaching.
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mat 1 |mat | ▶noun 1 a piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on. • a small rug. • a piece of thick or resilient material for lying on or for landing on in gymnastics, wrestling, or similar sports. 2 a small piece of cork, card, or fabric placed on a table or other surface to protect it from the heat or moisture of an object placed on it. • (also mouse mat ) Brit. a small piece of rigid or slightly resilient material on which a computer mouse is moved. 3 a thick, untidy layer of something hairy or woolly: his chest was covered by a thick mat of soft fair hair. ▶verb ( mats, matting, matted ) [ with obj. ] tangle (something, especially hair ) in a thick mass: the fur on its flank was matted with blood. • [ no obj. ] become tangled. PHRASES go to the mat informal vigorously engage in an argument, especially on behalf of another. on the mat informal being reprimanded by someone in authority. [with military reference to the orderly room mat, where an accused would stand before the commanding officer. ]ORIGIN Old English m (e )att (e ), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch mat and German Matte, from late Latin matta, from Phoenician.
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mat 2 |mat | ▶noun short for matrix ( sense 3 ).
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mat 3 ▶noun US spelling of matt.
American Oxford Thesaurus
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mat noun 1 the fat cat sat on the mat: rug, runner, carpet, doormat, welcome mat, bath mat, hearth rug, floor cloth; dhurrie, numdah; kilim, flokati, tatami. 2 he placed his glass on the mat: coaster, placemat, table mat. 3 a thick mat of hair: mass, tangle, knot, mop, thatch, shock, mane. ▶verb his hair was matted with blood: tangle, entangle, knot, snarl up.
Oxford Thesaurus
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mat noun 1 the wooden floor was covered by two mats: rug, runner, carpet, drugget; doormat, welcome mat, hearthrug, bath mat, rag rug, scatter rug; bearskin, sheepskin; Indian dhurrie, numdah; Turkish & Persian kilim; Greek flokati; Azerbaijani Soumak; N. Amer. floorcloth; S. African kaross. 2 he put the casserole on a mat to protect the table: table mat, place mat; coaster, beer mat, drip mat, doily. 3 a thick mat of hair: mass, tangle, knot, mop, thatch, shock, mane, cluster, mesh. ▶verb his hair was matted with blood: tangle, entangle, knot, ravel, snarl up.
French Dictionary
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mat adj. inv. adjectif invariable Se dit, aux échecs, du gain de la partie. : Le roi est mat. LOCUTION Faire quelqu ’un échec et mat. figuré Défaire quelqu ’un, remporter la victoire. Note Technique Cette locution adjective est invariable. Prononciation Le t se prononce, [mat ]; l ’adjectif rime avec tomate
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mât n. m. nom masculin maritime Longue pièce dressée sur un navire et destinée à porter les voiles, les installations radioélectriques. : Un drapeau flotte sur le mât. Note Orthographique m â t, un accent circonflexe sur le a.
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mat , mate adj. adjectif Qui ne brille pas. : Un noir mat. Il a la peau mate. Prononciation Le t se prononce au masculin comme au féminin, [mat ]; l ’adjectif rime avec tomate
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
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mat 1 /mæt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 a. (玄関の )ドアマット , 靴拭 （ふ ）き (doormat ); バスマット (bathmat ).b. むしろ , ござ ; 小型のじゅうたん (rug ).2 a. テーブルマット , 小さな敷物 ▸ a place [table ] mat (1人前用の )テーブルマット ▸ a beer mat ビアグラス用のコースター b. (保護用の )下敷き ▸ a cutting mat カッター用の下敷き 3 (スポーツ用の )マット .4 〖通例a ～〗(髪 動物の毛 草などの )もつれ , かたまり (tangle ).5 (むしろなどで作った )コーヒー袋 , 砂糖袋 .g ò to the m á t 【人と 】激しく口論する «with » ; ｟米 ｠【人のために 】何でもする, 一肌脱ぐ «for » (!しばしばビジネスや政治などで ) .on the m á t ｟話 ｠(上官に )呼び出されて ; しかられて .動詞 ～s ; ～ted ; ～ting 他動詞 1 …にマットを敷く , …をマットで覆う .2 〈髪など 〉をもつれさせる .自動詞 もつれる .
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mat 2 形容詞 ｟米 ｠＝matt .
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mat 3 名詞 C (額装の際に絵 写真の枠となる )マット .動詞 他動詞 〈額縁など 〉にマットを付ける .
The Wordsmith Dictionary