mat

«mat» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a small piece of material put on the floor, like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mat, mats); adjective (matt — different spelling, means not shiny)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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

• 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 →
• 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 the corpora

• Before an election, leaflets with smiling faces land on the mat: each candidate explains what they promise.
• The Rat digs on and finds a shabby door-mat.
• The Mole: «Can we EAT a doormat? or sleep under a door-mat?
• The Rat's chain: a clean metal cut → a door-scraper → a door-mat → a door.
• Sand, mats and the foam in a helmet soften a blow by letting you stop more slowly.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.