What does table mat mean?
Word: Table mat
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Table mat means a small mat that goes on a table under a hot dish or a plate.
How do you spell table mat?
Syllables: ta - ble mat
Tricky part: Table ends in le, not el, even though you hear the l last. Table mat is also two words, with a space between them.
Watch out for: tabel mat, tabul mat
Memory tip: The e at the end of table hides after the l, the way a table mat hides under a plate.
Table mat in a sentence
Example 1: Please put a table mat under the hot kettle.
Example 2: Our table mats have little elephants printed on them.
Example 3: Ravi wiped the table mats after dinner.
Fun Fact
Oxford Learner's Dictionary marks table mat as British English. A mat that sits under one person's plate is called a place mat.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the unfinished word to make a new word:
Dadi laid a table ______ by each plate before lunch.
a) mett
b) mat
c) maat
d) met
Show answer
b) mat. A mat is a small flat piece of cloth, cork or wood; met, maat and mett do not join table to make a word.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) kettle
b) teapot
c) tabble mat
d) napkin
Show answer
c) tabble mat. Table has just one b. Teapot, napkin and kettle are already spelt right.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
table mat
a) bell
b) metal
c) beat
d) tablet
Show answer
a) bell. Bell needs two l's, but table mat has only one.
Jumble Tumble
Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a thing you put on a dining table? (It is two words.)
a) mableat
b) mablteatt
c) mablteat
d) mablteot
Show answer
c) mablteat. Only mablteat has exactly the letters you need: two t's, two a's and one each of b, l, e and m.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why do we put a table mat under a hot pot?
a) to protect the table
b) to make the food taste better
c) to make the pot heavier
d) to cool the room
Show answer
a) to protect the table
2. Where would you usually find a table mat?
a) in the dining room
b) in the school bus
c) in the garden shed
d) in the bathroom
Show answer
a) in the dining room
