Coaster vs. Mat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Coaster and Mat
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Coaster
One who acts in an aimless manner.
Mat
A mat is a piece of fabric material that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface.
Coaster
A sled or toboggan.
Mat
A flat piece of coarse fabric or other material used for wiping one's shoes or feet, or in various other forms as a floor covering.
Coaster
One who rides a sled or toboggan.
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Mat
A small flat piece of decorated material placed under a lamp, dish of food, or other object.
Coaster
(Nautical) A vessel engaged in coastal trade
"dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smokestack" (John Masefield).
Mat
(Sports) A floor pad to protect athletes, as in wrestling or gymnastics.
Coaster
A roller coaster.
Mat
A densely woven or thickly tangled mass
A mat of hair.
Coaster
A small mat or plate placed under a vessel to protect a tabletop or other surface beneath.
Mat
The solid part of a lace design.
Coaster
A small tray, often on wheels, for passing something, such as a wine decanter, around a table.
Mat
A heavy woven net of rope or wire cable placed over a blasting site to keep debris from scattering.
Coaster
A resident of a coastal region.
Mat
A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame.
Coaster
A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
Mat
A dull, often rough finish, as of paint, glass, metal, or paper.
Coaster
A prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.
Mat
A special tool for producing such a surface or finish.
Coaster
(nautical)
Mat
(Printing) See matrix.
Coaster
A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
Mat
To cover, protect, or decorate with mats or a mat.
Coaster
A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
Mat
To pack or interweave into a thick mass
High winds matted the leaves against the base of the fence.
Coaster
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Mat
To be packed or interwoven into a thick mass; become entangled.
Coaster
(US) A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
Mat
To put a mat around (a picture).
Coaster
Agent noun of coast: one who coasts.
Mat
To produce a dull finish on.
Coaster
An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
Mat
Variant of matte1.
Coaster
A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
Mat
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
Coaster
One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
Mat
A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
Coaster
Something that coasts or is used to coast.
Mat
(athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
Coaster
(dated) A small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.
Mat
A thickly tangled mess.
A mat of weeds
Coaster
(by extension)
Mat
A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
Coaster
A sled or toboggan.
Mat
A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
Iceland moss growing in a mat
Coaster
A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.
Mat
(coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
Coaster
One who sails near the shore.
Mat
Abbreviation of matinee
Coaster
A resident of a coastal area
Mat
A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.
To make a luck potion, you need several rare herbs as mats.
Coaster
Someone who coasts
Mat
(transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
Coaster
A covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or bottle)
Mat
(intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
Mat
A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.
Mat
A thick flat fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, placed on the floor and used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room to protect its surface, and for other purposes.
Mat
Any similar flat object made of fabric or other material, such as rubber or plastic, placed flat on a surface for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
Mat
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.
Mat
An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.
Mat
Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
When he saw them so piteous and so maat.
Mat
To cover or lay with mats.
Mat
To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair.
Mat
To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat, as hair when wetted with a sticky substance; as, a long-haired cat whose fur is matted.
Mat
A thick flat pad used as a floor covering
Mat
Mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
Mat
Sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
Mat
A master's degree in teaching
Mat
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Mat
A small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
Mat
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;
The child entangled the cord
Mat
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like;
The fabric felted up after several washes
Mat
Not reflecting light; not glossy;
Flat wall paint
A photograph with a matte finish
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