bath mat

American  

[bath, bahth] / bæθ, bɑθ /

noun

• bath mats
  plural

1. a mat or washable rug used to stand on when entering or leaving a bath.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bath mats
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bath mat

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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bath mat

Over several visits, the team asked about his needs and priorities and supplied a shower chair and a rubber bath mat.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021

She’s also found that the mats work well as a drop cloth under a baby’s high chair and, in a pinch, as a compact bath mat.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2019

Hobson, who has a “normal amount” of fox stuff, including a fox mug and a fox bath mat, had to wait for his most prized fox encounter.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2017

A young American woman soaks in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub, her muddy boots staining his bath mat, and an official portrait of the Fuehrer sits on the tub’s edge.

From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2015

He circles the bath mat until he finds the perfect spot to curl up in.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass