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Vocabulary Entry
matted
|verb • adjective • noun
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V
verb
Past tense and past participle of 'mat', meaning to cause to become matted or to become tangled.
Example Sentences
"The dog's fur matted after playing in the mud."
"The leaves matted together on the forest floor."
"She noticed her hair matted after a long night of sleep."
A
adjective
Describing something that is entangled, knotted, or densely packed together.
Example Sentences
"The matted carpet in the hallway was difficult to clean."
"He stumbled upon a matted mass of weeds in the garden."
"Her matted hair hung limply over her shoulders."
N
noun
A mass or clump of tangled or intertwined material.
Example Sentences
"There was a matted tangle of hair caught in the brush."
"She pulled a matted ball of yarn from the shelf."
"The cleanup crew had to remove a matted pile of leaves from the yard."