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Matting definition

mătĭng
The activity of making mats.
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The production of a dull surface or finish on metal, glass, etc.
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Material formed into or considered as a mat.

The forest floor had a thick matting of pine needles.

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Such a surface or finish.
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A coarsely woven fabric used for covering floors and similar purposes.
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A dull surface or finish.
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The process of dulling a surface, as of metal.
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A woven fabric of fiber, as straw or hemp, for mats, floor covering, wrapping, etc.
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Mats collectively.
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The making of mats.
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A mat, or border.
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Mats, a collection of ground coverings.
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Coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats.
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A dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures; matte.
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Present participle of mat.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
matting
Plural:
mattings

Matting Sentence Examples

  • Sometimes, however, it was of matting or was seated with leather, or it would take the form of a narrow fringed girdle resembling that of many African tribes.

  • The town possesses ironfoundries, sack and matting manufactories, tanneries, breweries, corn mills and brick and terra-cotta works.

  • There are a town-hall and corn exchange, and an industry in the manufacture of matting and in malting.

  • The people of the south and south-east make large use of soft rush matting for covering, and they also prepare a rough cloth of bark.

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