mats

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/mæts/

A form of mat — A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.

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Meanings

mats1

noun
  1. pluralplural of mat
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of mat

Mats2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Mat

    There are three Mats in this department.

MATs3

noun
  1. pluralplural of MAT

MATS4

proper noun
  1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of Military Air Transport Service, a consolidation of the US Navy's Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) and the United States Air Force Transport Command (ATC) that functioned from June 1 1948 to January 1, 1966.

    I guess I really learned that a long time ago, when MATS first began teaching me, but I had overlooked it lately.

    1961 November, Jan A. Wells, “A Dangerous Attitude”, in The MATS Flyer, volume 8, number 11, page 26
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    At the controls was Capt. Bill Laughlin, a veteran MATS aircraft commander and his chief pilot in the 41st Air Transport Squadron.

    1961 January, T.J. Slaybaugh, “Searched, Sighted, Saved”, in Airman, page 8

    For the first ten years of its existence MATS operate with three major air transport divisions that physically circled the globe.

    1964, Stanley M. Ulanoff, MATS: The Story of the Military Air Transport Service, page 56

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mats

statscatsratsbatschatsKatzlatsSchatzspatsthat's
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Anagrams

maststam
Cite this entry
APA

mats. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mats

MLA

“mats.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mats. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mats,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mats.

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