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Meanings of door-mat in inglês

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

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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
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
Usage of door-mat in inglês
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
6
In a moment another man stood upon the straw-woven door-mat.
Stories by English Authors: England
7
You ARE a door-mat, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself for it.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
8
An ironmonger added a scraper and an old lady ran up with a door-mat.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
9
A man should be a man, and not a door-mat.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
10
Then Mis' Adkins says again: 'He's nothing but a door-mat.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
11
The latch clicked upward, and out of the night our pedestrian appeared upon the door-mat.
Wessex Tales
12
Perhaps they had left some door unfastened-perhapsthey had put the keys under the door-mat.
The Peterkin papers
13
Back at home on the Aventine I sometimes found love letters lying on my door-mat.
Shadows in Bronze
14
He has just decided that the door-mat is a boat, and the tiled floor a river.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
15
Miss Snell, with eyes red and tearful, stood on his door-mat when he answered the tap.
Different Girls
16
She dropped her disconcerted vision to the door-mat.
With the Procession
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