- place mat
- nouna mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting• Hypernyms: ↑mat, ↑table linen, ↑napery
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noun: a small usually rectangular table mat on which a place setting is laid* * *
a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.[1950-55]* * *
place mat nounA table mat set at a person's place setting• • •Main Entry: ↑place* * *
a flat piece of cloth, wood, or plastic that you put on a table under each person’s plate* * *
place mat,a mat of linen, plastic, paper, or wood put under each person's plate or place setting.* * *
(also placemat) n. a small mat beneath a place setting at a dining table* * *
noun, pl ⋯ mats [count]: a small, often rectangular mat on which a set of dishes, knives, forks, etc., for one person are placed at a table* * *
Useful english dictionary. 2012.