Definitions for matting

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matting mat·ting

Spelling: [mat-ing]

IPA: /ˈmæt ɪŋ/

Matting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in matting (agimntt).

Definitions for matting

noun

1. a coarse fabric of rushes, grass, straw, hemp, or the like, used for floor covering, wrapping material, etc.
2. material for mats.
3. mats collectively.
4. the making of mats.
5. a dull, slightly roughened surface, free from polish, produced by the use of a matte.
6. 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.
7. a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc.
8. 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.
9. a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
10. a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar.
11. a slablike footing of concrete, especially one for an entire building.
12. a heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab.
13. a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
14. a tool for producing such a surface.
15. Metallurgy. an unfinished metallic product of the smelting of certain sulfide ores, especially those of copper.
16. Movies. matte shot.
17. 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. 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 matting

First recorded in 1675-85; mat¹ + -ing¹

Examples for matting

Each coolie, having secured a strip of matting, had found his place.

One only heard his body rebounding onto the matting, where the shock had sent him.

Get some old hampers and matting and things out of the tool-house.

Straw carpet, or matting, and fans for export are also important exports.

The floor is to have a matting, one of those heavy, cloth-like mattings.

The floor may be covered with matting, but you will find no carpets or rugs.

He could see, too, that the matting had been cast aside, revealing the trap-door.

He selected a clean place on the matting and lay upon the floor.

The sails were made of matting, with laths placed across them.

It must have been pretty late before I stretched out on my matting.