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BAHTHM-at/ˈbɑːθmæt/

A bathmat is the small mat on the bathroom floor that soaks drips and stops you slipping. A bath towel dries your body; a place mat goes on a dining table. Also written bath mat as two words. Countable.

Meaning

A small mat on the bathroom floor that stops you slipping.

Examples

• “Spread the bathmat out so nobody slips on the wet floor.”
• “Wash the bathmat with the towels on a hot wash.”
• “A wet bathmat on a tiled floor is still a slip risk if it folds over.”

Good to know

a bathmat (also bath mat). Contrast: a bath towel / a place mat. Bathroom floor, not the tub itself.

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