I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bath mat (= small rug on the floor by the bath )
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The bath mat was soaking wet.
a beer mat (= a mat for putting a glass of beer on )
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There were beer mats and an ashtray on the table.
a prayer mat/rug (= small cloth on which Muslims kneel to pray )
bath mat
beer mat
mouse mat
place mat
prayer mat
table mat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
welcome
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To satisfy this need, the owners of the local establishments have rolled out the welcome mat .
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She approves of the balcony and the east-facing front door, as well as the moon design on her welcome mat .
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I hope André doesn't see this as a welcome mat for him to make any more advances.
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President Clinton has put out the welcome mat .
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Well, she'd been warned not to expect the welcome mat , Sabine thought, as she drove under the arch.
■ NOUN
beer
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She sat crumbling a beer mat between her fingers.
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The Samaritans has tried to target men by advertisements on beer mats and in changing rooms.
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Penguin has produced a beer mat to help promote it.
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It was more like a saucer or a small beer mat .
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My eyes glued to the beer mat I tried to take in what was being said.
place
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There was no need for place mats as the meal was to be cold, but place mats were invariably laid.
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Scientists tested 131 products, including toys, video cables, phone cords, place mats and other household items.
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There was no need for place mats as the meal was to be cold, but place mats were invariably laid.
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Accessories Serve up a summer feast on Osborne &038; Little's Crocus place mats , and tray.
prayer
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Coffee thermoses, incense pots, boxes of fruit, trays to serve it on, suitcases, prayer mats .
table
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Some receive 20p or 30p an hour for packing cards and others 80p or 90p an hour for painting table mats .
■ VERB
cover
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A moment later even the handrail was covered by the mat of twig and fibre.
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The wooden floor was covered by two mats .
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The floor of the church is covered with mats .
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The Charwighul people laid out their dead on a wooden platform and covered them with reed mats .
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Every surface was covered with mats of white lace.
lie
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It lay there on the mat inside the door.
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She leaned against the door for a while, staring at him as he lay on the gym mat , smoking.
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More Christmas cards lay on the mat in the hall.
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In a classroom set aside for emergencies, skeletal little children lie on mats .
sit
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Have your partner sit down on the mat , extending one leg and flexing the other.
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There were neither pews nor seats: everyone knelt or sat on simple jute mats that covered the floor.
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She sat crumbling a beer mat between her fingers.
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There we sat on mats and talked.
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The youngest children sit on mats on the floor; older children sit on benches, balancing their books on their knees.
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He himself sat on another mat approximately fifteen yards away.
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She sat cross-legged on the mat at the far side of the table.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a plastic place mat
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You can leave the key under the mat .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even drunks at parties manage to crawl off the mats to be ill.
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Painted-over windows, freshly laundered towels neatly folded, and a paper mat outside the tiny shower highlight the bathroom.
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Shopkeepers beckoned us into their premises where we were tempted by sparkling silver jewellery and traditional greek hand woven mats.
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The newspaper slowly unfolded itself on the mat , flopping open to reveal some glossy law magazine that had been placed inside.
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There was a smell of polished wood, hymnals, and rubber floor mats.
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They kneel on straw mats in their dark clothing and chant in unison with a Buddhist priest.
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To satisfy this need, the owners of the local establishments have rolled out the welcome mat .
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Indeed, the signal from the mat flux episodes may have to be filtered out to permit conventional Milankovitch band analysis.
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So maybe it was somewhere on mat land me chopper has put down.
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This represents the very abrupt onset of a period of sustained high productivity and diatom mat flux.