Definitions for matted

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matted mat·ted

Spelling: [mat-id]

IPA: /ˈmæt ɪd/

Matted is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in matted (ademtt).

Definitions for matted

noun

1. a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
2. a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc.
3. Sports. the padded canvas covering the entire floor of a wrestling ring, for protecting the contestants from injury when thrown. a thick pad placed on the floor for the protection of tumblers and others engaged in gymnastic sports.
4. a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
5. a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar.
6. a slablike footing of concrete, especially one for an entire building.
7. a heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab.
8. a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
9. a tool for producing such a surface.
10. Metallurgy. an unfinished metallic product of the smelting of certain sulfide ores, especially those of copper.
11. Movies. matte shot.
12. a piece of cardboard or other material placed over or under a drawing, painting, photograph, etc., to serve as a frame or provide a border between the picture and the frame.

Idioms

1. go to the mat, to contend or struggle in a determined or unyielding way:

adjective

1. covered with a dense growth or a tangled mass:
2. formed into a mat; entangled in a thick mass:
3. formed of mats, or of plaited or woven material.
4. covered with mats or matting.
5. having a dull finish; matte.
6. having a dull or lusterless surface:

adjective, noun, verb

1. matte1 .

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with or as if with mats or matting.
2. to form into a mat, as by interweaving.
3. to finish with a matte surface.
4. to provide (a picture) with a mat.

verb (used without object)

1. to become entangled; form tangled masses.

adjective, noun, verb (used with object)

1. matte1 .

Origin of matted

First recorded in 1600-10; mat¹ + -ed²

Examples for matted

The hair was wet and matted and prickly leaves were stuck in it.

Salama al Sersawi leans on a bench, waiting to get his mound of matted hair reined in.

Her hair, streaming down in a sodden mass, was matted with blood.

From within the tufts of matted hair, the creature released a huge pale cock that defied logic.

Patches of it grew thick on the high ridges, matted close for cover.

His shirt was in ribbons, and his hair was matted to his head.

Some were yellow Germans and some were black, and all looked greasy and matted with the sea-damp.

His hair and beard hung long and matted over his broad shoulders.

The masts rose from that chaos like big trees above a matted undergrowth.

Above the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets.