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mat.

mat. is the abbreviation of maternity.

Meaning of maternity

Noun

maternity (countable and uncountable, plural maternities)

  1. The state of being a mother; motherhood.
  2. The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
  3. A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
    • She's working in maternity this month.
    Synonyms:
    maternity ward

Proper noun capitalized: Mat.

Mat.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Matthew (book of the Bible).

Questions about mat.

What is mat. the abbreviation of?
Mat. is the abbreviation of maternity.
What part of speech is mat.?
Mat. is a proper noun.

Words near mat. in the dictionary

  1. Mat'l
  2. Mat-i
  3. mat-shed
  4. mat-sheds
  5. Mat-Su
  6. mat.
  7. mata
  8. Mata Hari
  9. mata mata
  10. mata mata turtle
  11. mata mata turtles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mat. (page history and authors); Mat. (page history and authors); maternity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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