Mat vs. Vat

Matnoun

A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

Matnoun

A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.

Matnoun

(athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.

Matnoun

A thickly tangled mess.

Matnoun

A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

Matnoun

A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.

Matnoun

A thin surface layer; superficial cover.

Matnoun

(coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.

Matnoun

abbreviation of matineeperformance at a theater.

Matnoun

A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.

Matverb

(transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.

Matverb

(intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

Matnoun

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

Matnoun

A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.

Matnoun

Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.

Matnoun

Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.

Matnoun

An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.

Matadjective

Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.

Matverb

To cover or lay with mats.

Matverb

To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

Matverb

To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted.

Matnoun

a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

Matnoun

mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture

Matnoun

sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports

Matnoun

a master's degree in teaching

Matnoun

the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss

Matnoun

a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it

Matverb

twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;

Matverb

change texture so as to become matted and felt-like;

Matadjective

not reflecting light; not glossy;

Mat

A mat is a piece of fabric material that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface.

Vatnoun

A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

Vatnoun

A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

Vatnoun

(Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.

Vatnoun

(dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)

Vatverb

(transitive) To put into a vat.

Vatverb

(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.

Vatnoun

A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding liquors in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like.

Vatnoun

A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

Vatnoun

A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.

Vatnoun

A vessel for holding holy water.

Vatverb

To put or transfer into a vat.

Vatnoun

a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

Vatnoun

a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

Vatnoun

a large tank or tub used to hold liquid, especially in industry

Vatnoun

a water-insoluble dye, such as indigo, that is applied to a fabric in a reducing bath which converts it to a soluble form, the colour being obtained on subsequent oxidation in the fabric fibres.

Vatverb

place or treat in a vat