Mat
noun
- 1.
- (a piece of material used as a floor covering, a doormat, a small pad or piece of material, used as a doormat, etc., a flat piece of cloth, etc., put under a vase, etc., anything growing or interwoven in a thick tangle) ចំបើង, កន្ទេល, កម្រងសក់, កម្រង, កម្រាល, ព្រំ woven mat អ្វីៗដែលដូចកន្ទេល, wrestling mat កម្រាលក្រាល, hot dish mat ទ្រនាប់ mat of hair របុំក្រាំងជាប់គ្នា
verb — past tense: matted ; past participle: matted ; present participle: matting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To make or become thickly tangled) mat the floor ក្រាលកំរាល
Example: Door mat, Floor mat. mat his hair ធ្វើអោយកណ្ដាញ់ - 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) កណ្ដាញ់, ក្រាំងជាប់គ្នា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- 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.
- 4.
- An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
- 5.
- A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
adjective
- 1.
- Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
verb — past tense: matted ; past participle: matted ; present participle: matting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover or lay with mats.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.