mat : Idioms & Phrases

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alma mater

  • noun your alma mater is a school you graduated from
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Al"ma Ma"ter
Etymology
L., fostering mother.
Definitions
  1. A college or seminary where one is educated.
Webster 1913

assortative mating

  • noun mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating
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bath mat

  • noun a heavy towel or mat to stand on while drying yourself after a bath
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beer mat

  • noun a drip mat placed under a glass of beer
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disassortative mating

  • noun mating of individuals having traits more dissimilar than likely in random mating
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drip mat

  • noun a small mat placed under a glass to protect a surface from condensation
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dura mater

  • noun the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
    dura.
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Du"ra ma"ter
Etymology
L., lit., hard mother. The membrane was called mater, or mother, because it was formerly thought to give rise to every membrane of the body.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
Webster 1913

gym mat

  • noun sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
    mat.
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India matting

  • floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; also called Canton, ∨ China, matting.
Webster 1913

Long measure, Long mater

  • . See under Measure, Meter.
Webster 1913

magna mater

  • noun great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
    Dindymene; Magna Mater; Cybele; Great Mother.
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Mat grass

  • . (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta) . (b) Same as Matweed.
Webster 1913

Mat rush

  • (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.
Webster 1913

mat up

  • verb change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
    mat; matte up; felt; matt-up; matte; felt up.
    • The fabric felted up after several washes
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mater turrita

  • noun great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
    Dindymene; Magna Mater; Cybele; Great Mother.
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mouse mat

  • noun a small portable pad that provides traction for the ball of a computer mouse
    mousepad.
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Paunch mat

  • (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
Webster 1913

pia mater

  • noun the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges
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Pi"a ma"ter
Etymology
NL., fr. L. pia (fem. of pius tender, kind) + mater mother.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord.
Webster 1913

place mat

  • noun a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting
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prayer mat

  • noun a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions
    prayer rug.
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Rope mat

  • ., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope.
Webster 1913

Russia matting

  • matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europæa).
Webster 1913

sea mat

  • noun sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
    bryozoan; sea moss; moss animal; polyzoan.
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Sea" mat`
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  1. (Zoöl.) Any bryozoan of the genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
Webster 1913

stabat mater

Sta"bat Ma"ter
Etymology
L., the mother was standing.
Definitions
  1. A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).
Webster 1913

Sword mat

  • (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
Webster 1913

table mat

  • noun a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table
    hot pad.
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water mat

  • noun aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States
    Chrysosplenium americanum; water carpet.
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welcome mat

  • noun a mat placed outside an exterior door for wiping the shoes before entering
    doormat.
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wrestling mat

  • noun a mat on which wrestling matches are conducted
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