Meanings
nounplace mat (plural place mats)
plural place mats
- A protective mat, usually heat-resistant, placed under a single person's tableware (including cutlery) at the dining table.
Synonyms: table mat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA protective mat, usually heat-resistant, placed under a single person's tableware (including cutlery) at the dining table.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 餐墊 /餐垫, 餐具墊 /餐具垫
- 餐墊 /餐垫 (cāndiàn)protective table mat
- 餐具墊 /餐具垫 (cānjùdiàn)protective table mat
- 餐桌墊子 /餐桌垫子 (cānzhuō diànzi)protective table mat
Czech prostírání
- prostíráníprotective table mat
Dutch placemat, onderlegger
- placematprotective table mat
- onderleggerprotective table mat
Estonian kattelinik
- kattelinikprotective table mat
Finnish tabletti, katealunen
- tablettiprotective table mat
- katealunenprotective table mat
French napperon
- napperonprotective table mat
German Set, Platzdeckchen
- Setprotective table mat
- Platzdeckchenprotective table mat
Hebrew מצעית, פלייסמט
- מצעית (matsaít)protective table mat
- פלייסמט (pléysmet)protective table mat
Hungarian tányéralátét
- tányéralátétprotective table mat
Icelandic diskamotta
- diskamottaprotective table mat
Japanese プレイスマット
- プレイスマット (pureisumatto)protective table mat
Norwegian Bokmål spisebrikke
- spisebrikkeprotective table mat
Polish podkładka pod talerz
- podkładka pod talerzprotective table mat
Portuguese esteirinha
- esteirinhaprotective table mat
Russian подста́вка
- подста́вка (podstávka)protective table mat
Spanish individual, carpeta
- individualprotective table mat
- carpetaprotective table mat
Swedish bordsunderlägg, bordstablett
- bordsunderläggprotective table mat
- bordstablettprotective table mat
- tablettprotective table mat
Turkish Amerikan servis, tabak altlığı
- Amerikan servisprotective table mat
- tabak altlığıprotective table mat
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APA
place mat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20mat
MLA
“place mat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20mat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “place mat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20mat.
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