place mat
Americannoun
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
She added Crate & Barrel’s whitewashed water hyacinth place mat.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
The area of a rectangular place mat is 168 square inches.
From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020
He was skinny sick, and so small he could fit on a place mat.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2019
“That plate don’t quite go with that place mat, but I’m gonna call it good for now.”
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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