table-mat

  • 1table mat — table ,mat noun count BRITISH a small piece of plastic, wood, etc. that you put under a hot dish on a table to protect the table …

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  • 2table mat — n BrE a small board or piece of cloth that you put under a hot dish or plate to protect the table …

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  • 3table mat — noun a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table • Syn: ↑hot pad • Hypernyms: ↑pad * * * table mat noun A mat placed under dishes on a table • • • Main Entry: ↑table * * * table mat UK US …

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  • 4table mat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms table mat : singular table mat plural table mats British a small piece of plastic, wood etc that you put under a hot dish on a table to protect the table …

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  • 5table mat — noun Brit. a small mat used for protecting the surface of a table from hot dishes …

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  • 6table mat — noun (C) a small mat that you put under a hot dish or plate …

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  • 7table mat —   Moena kau pākaukau …

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  • 8table — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at, playing games on, etc. 2 a flat surface serving a specified purpose (altar table; bird table). 3 a food provided …

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  • 9mat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pad, rug, runner, doormat, doily. v. tangle, snarl; plait, braid, weave, entwine. See crossing, texture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. covering, floor covering, doormat, table runner, doily, place mat,… …

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  • 10mat — 1. noun 1) the fat cat sat on the mat Syn: 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 Sy …

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