mat [countable]
1 a small piece of thick rough material
which covers part of a floor:
2 a small flat piece of wood, cloth etc
which protects a surface, especially on a table:
a mouse mat (=for a computer mouse)
3 a piece of thick soft material used in
some activities for people to sit on, fall onto etc:
a yoga mata prayer mat
4
go to the mat (for somebody/something)
to do everything you can to solve a difficult problem,
win an argument, support someone etc:
The mayor is willing to go to the mat on this issue.
5 a thick mass of something such as hairs
or leaves
mat of
a floating mat of vegetation
Definition from the Longman Dictionary
of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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