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mouse pad

American  
Also mousepad
Computers.
  1. a small, typically foam rubber sheet used to provide a stable surface on which a mouse can be moved.


Etymology

Origin of mouse pad

1980–85

Example Sentences

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He suggests trying a mouse pad or a hardback book.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

My mouse pad is the sunrise painting and I have big Claude Monet paintings all over my apartment.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2022

Romero alleges that the same image was found on a mouse pad and pencil holder at the station desk of someone belonging to the Executioners.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2020

And it’s not just my biology that’s at fault here: I’ve seen the U12 Plus idly slip off a freaking mouse pad, a surface designed to generate grip and traction.

From The Verge • Jun. 12, 2018

Princeton scrawls on something that looks like a hyped-up mouse pad and it shows up on Namitha’s screen.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman