lick mat

noun

A pet accessory for dogs and cats consisting of a silicone or rubber mat with deep indentations into which pet food is smeared which the animal licks for enrichment or distraction.

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Meanings

nounlick mat (plural lick mats)

plural lick mats · alternative lickmat

  1. A pet accessory for dogs and cats consisting of a silicone or rubber mat with deep indentations into which pet food is smeared which the animal licks for enrichment or distraction.

    Smear wet food, meat baby food or paste onto a lick mat, give her a bowl of tuna water from the can, […] As she eats or laps the food, insert the needle.

    2024, Alana Linsay Stevenson, The Good Cat Parent’s Guide to Feline Behavior Modification
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APA

lick mat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20mat

MLA

“lick mat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20mat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lick mat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20mat.

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