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matted
1[ mat-id ]
matted
2[ mat-id ]
adjective
- having a dull finish; matte.
matted
/ ˈmætɪd /
adjective
- tangled into a thick mass
matted hair
- covered with or formed of matting
Other Words From
- matted·ly adverb
- matted·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
In the new study, Morganti and colleagues turned their attention to the matted layer underneath the sponge colony, a smorgasbord of discarded spicules and blackened fossilized life, including empty worm tubes and mollusk shells.
Salama al Sersawi leans on a bench, waiting to get his mound of matted hair reined in.
Above the matted hair that concealed the jaws and cheeks, blue eyes stared out of cavernous sockets.
The skull of the latter was found broken, as if by such a weapon, and its abundant hair matted with blood!
Weird shadows played about the mountains on the silver doors, and hid in far corners of the matted floor.
The Japanese matted floor, even in darkness, gives out a sort of ghostly, phosphorescent glow.
She had a dirty red bandanna tied over her dirty, matted hair and under her grimy double chin.
Fearing that Sarah would continue ill, wife and I removed this night to our matted chamber and lay there.
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