Clues for the word "MAT"

We've had 492 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1218 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on April 04, 2026.

Definition of mat

n. - A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
a. - Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
n. - A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.
n. - Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
n. - 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.
n. - An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
v. t. - To cover or lay with mats.
v. t. - To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
v. i. - To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.