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mat

noun as in covering

verb as in plait

verb as in make interwoven mass

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There are also white sticky pads placed like door mats at each entrance.

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“I think you need to eat something,” she said, slapping the bowl onto a place mat, and she was right.

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This administration is never going to roll out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants.

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The three of them had meagre possessions - plastic mats, clothes, packets of instant noodles and some other grocery items - and the cave was leaking.

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Recent weather conditions have led to portions of the algal mats travelling along the Lower Bann River to the North Coast.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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