mat
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
Types & categories
- floor cover hypernym
- welcome mat hyponym
Sense 2 verb
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
The child entangled the cord
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
not reflecting light; not glossy
flat wall paint
Related & opposite
- lusterlessness derivation
- dull similar to
Sense 4 noun
mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
Types & categories
- mounting hypernym
Sense 5 verb
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
The fabric felted up after several washes
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- felt derivation
- matting derivation
- lusterlessness derivation
Sense 6 noun
sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
Types & categories
- sports equipment hypernym
- canvas hyponym
- wrestling mat hyponym
Sense 7 noun
a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
a mat of weeds and grass
Types & categories
- mass hypernym
Sense 8 noun
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Types & categories
- dullness hypernym
Related & opposite
- matte derivation
- mat derivation
- lackluster derivation
- flat derivation
Sense 9 noun
a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | floor cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | welcome mat |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unsnarl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | maze |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | felt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enmesh |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lusterlessness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dull |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mounting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | felt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | matting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lusterlessness |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sports equipment |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | canvas |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestling mat |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | mass |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | matte |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | mat |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | lackluster |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flat |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | dullness |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | pad |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | drip mat |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | mousepad |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | place mat |