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placemat

placemat is the alternative form of place mat.

Meaning of place mat

Noun

place mat (plural place mats)

  1. A protective mat, usually heat-resistant, placed under a single person's tableware (including cutlery) at the dining table.
    Synonyms:
    table mat

Forms of placemat

pluralplacemats

Questions about placemat

What is placemat the alternative form of?
Placemat is the alternative form of place mat.

Words near placemat in the dictionary

  1. placemarked
  2. placemarker
  3. placemarkers
  4. placemarking
  5. placemarks
  6. placemat
  7. placemats
  8. placemen
  9. placement
  10. placement test
  11. placement tests

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Adapted from Wiktionary: placemat (page history and authors); place mat (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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