place mat
Americannoun
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place mats
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of place mat
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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“I think you need to eat something,” she said, slapping the bowl onto a place mat, and she was right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Claver-Carone when confronted with photographs of the purported place mat “contract” during an interview this month told investigators that he had never seen the document and denied it was his handwriting or signature.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
And worst of all are ones that are both oily and acidic — and a sharply different color than the place mat.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2021
Find the length and width of the place mat.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
My finger traces patterns on the blue place mat.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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