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Meanings of welcome mat in English

Catalan
estoreta

A flat object for wiping one’s shoes, laid on the floor immediately outside or inside the entrance to a building.

        estoreta
        Synonyms
        Examples for "mat"
        Examples for "mat"
        1
        You can also use a marble mat which contains different point zones.
        Wired
        2
        She takes to her mat every day according to her changing needs.
        Reuters
        3
        He had no idea how much efficiency the mat lost with age.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        4
        It was empty; the mat was pulled down from before the door.
        Montlivet
        5
        The mosses help produce a mat that insulates the soil View Article
        The new yorker
        1
        However, for most post landing on your doormat, there is no competition.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Fern found the note on her doormat before she went to work.
        The witch queen
        3
        Even the doormat was in tatters and had split down the middle.
        First contact: or, it's later than you think
        4
        He smiled, suddenly appeased, and put his foot unsteadily on the doormat.
        Sacred and Profane Love: A Novel in Three Episodes
        5
        Graves speculated that he might have to do a better doormat next.
        The new yorker
        1
        But her ladyship stood motionless on the door-mat, erect and cool.
        There & Back
        2
        Agamemnon's troubles commenced with the first cough of Mrs. Pilcher on the door-mat.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 18, 1841
        3
        A man, whom we found posted on the door-mat, brought up the rear.
        Jezebel's Daughter
        4
        There she was, standing on the door-mat in the narrow passage!
        The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
        5
        You are selfish in the grain to be a door-mat.
        The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
        Usage of welcome mat in English
        1
        He had used it to make a welcome mat for his roomie.
        The Big U
        2
        Nobody in your family was exactly pulling out the welcome mat for her.
        Beautiful creatures
        3
        And sure enough, locals were soon rolling out the welcome mat.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Then she collapsed on the concrete stoop beside the worn brown welcome mat.
        Bone fire
        5
        She digs her toe into the weave of the welcome mat.
        Those who save us
        6
        It builds up and gradually it turns into a welcome mat for burglars.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Queenstown Lakes would roll out the welcome mat when domestic travel returned, he said.
        Radio NZ
        8
        The walkway was glass, the mailbox was glass, and the welcome mat was glass.
        Nightlight
        9
        A starter sushi kit, a Batman-themed welcome mat and a host of grooming products.
        The South African
        10
        As she crouched to set them beside the welcome mat, Brace opened the door.
        In the Dark
        11
        And we don't want them putting out the welcome mat.
        Dark dreamer: a dark vista romance
        12
        She still hadn't moved from the welcome mat by the door to the garage.
        While galileo preys
        13
        Kate opened the door, stepped down onto the welcome mat.
        Pines
        14
        There were no scuffs, no footprints, and no welcome mat.
        Deadly
        15
        When I got to their doorway he was staring inscrutably at the welcome mat.
        The Big U
        16
        They might as well have put out a welcome mat...'
        Artemis Fowl
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        Translations for welcome mat
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        Welcome mat through the time
        Welcome mat across language varieties
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