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| doily |
a small mat, often made of embroidered cloth, lace, or paper that looks like lace. Doilies are used to decorate or protect furniture and dishes. |
| mat1 |
a piece of material that is used as a covering to protect a floor or other surface. [4/6 definitions] |
| place mat |
small pieces of fabric or other material used on a table to protect the table when people eat, or just to make the table look attractive. When people use place mats, each person at the table has one in front of them. Their plates, glasses, forks, and other things they might need for the meal go on the place mat. |
| snarl2 |
a tangle or mat. [1/4 definitions] |
| somersault |
A somersault is a motion you do with your body. When you do a somersault, you first bring your knees and your head very close to your chest so that your body is shaped like a ball. Then you roll your body all the way over forward or backward until you come back to your first position. People can do somersaults on a mat on the floor or in the air like people in the circus. [1/2 definitions] |
| turf |
the surface layer of the soil that is held together in a thick mat by grass and other plant roots. |
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