mat (n.)
- agora
- amphitheater
- arena
- auditorium
- background
- barrier
- bedding
- blind
- bolster
- bowl
- braid
- brattice
- buffer
- bulkhead
- bumper
- campus
- canvas
- carpet
- carpeting
- circus
- cockpit
- coliseum
- colosseum
- course
- crop
- cushion
- dead
- diaphragm
- dim
- division
- doormat
- drab
- faint
- fallow
- fender
- field
- flat
- fleece
- floor
- flooring
- forum
- gray
- ground
- gym
- gymnasium
- haggard
- hall
- head
- hippodrome
- knit
- lace
- locale
- locks
- loom
- loop
- lurid
- mane
- marketplace
- mattress
- midriff
- midsection
- milieu
- mop
- net
- neutral
- noose
- pad
- palaestra
- pale
- pallet
- panel
- paries
- partition
- pasty
- pave
- pavement
- pillow
- pit
- place
- plait
- platform
- precinct
- purlieu
- raddle
- range
- ring
- rug
- sallow
- scene
- scenery
- separation
- septum
- setting
- shag
- shock
- site
- sphere
- splice
- springs
- stadium
- stage
- terrain
- thatch
- theater
- tiling
- tiltyard
- tissue
- tresses
- twill
- twine
- twist
- walk
- wall
- wan
- wattle
- waxen
- weak
- weave
- web
- white
mat (v.)
- background
- blind
- bolster
- bowl
- braid
- brattice
- buffer
- canvas
- carpet
- course
- crop
- cushion
- dead
- deaden
- dim
- dull
- enlace
- entwine
- faint
- field
- flat
- fleece
- floor
- gray
- ground
- head
- interlace
- intertwine
- interweave
- knit
- lace
- locks
- loom
- loop
- mop
- muddy
- net
- noose
- pad
- pale
- panel
- partition
- pave
- pillow
- pit
- place
- plait
- pleach
- raddle
- range
- ring
- rug
- sallow
- scene
- shag
- shock
- site
- splice
- stage
- thatch
- tissue
- twill
- twine
- twist
- walk
- wall
- wan
- wattle
- weak
- weave
- web
- white
- wreathe
mat (adj.)
- achromatic
- achromic
- anemic
- ashen
- ashy
- blind
- bloodless
- bumper
- cadaverous
- carpet
- colorless
- course
- crop
- dead
- deadened
- dim
- dimmed
- dingy
- drab
- dull
- etiolated
- exsanguine
- faded
- faint
- fallow
- field
- flat
- floor
- ghastly
- gray
- ground
- haggard
- head
- hueless
- knit
- lace
- lackluster
- leaden
- lifeless
- loom
- lurid
- lusterless
- mane
- mealy
- muddy
- muted
- net
- neutral
- pale
- pale-faced
- pallid
- pasty
- pit
- place
- range
- ring
- sallow
- scene
- setting
- sickly
- site
- somber
- stage
- toneless
- uncolored
- wall
- wan
- washed-out
- waxen
- weak
- white
In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung.
