The Clue
Door or welcome follower (3 letter answer)
The Answer
MAT
Tags
Notes
The answer MAT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
Related Clues
Doily
Lusterless
Padding
Place ___
Tangle
Tatami
Welcome ___
Art surrounder
Door or place
Doorstep item
Floor covering
Floor protector
Framer's need
Grappling site
Gym item
Gym piece
Gymnast's need
Pin cushion
Pin cushion?
Pinning surface
Place to wrestle
Something to flip on
Threshold item
Welcome or door
Welcome giver?
"Welcome" item
"Welcome" site
Wrestlers' milieu
Wrestler's need
Wrestling pad
Wrestling surface
Dojo floor covering
Frame inside a frame
Hair lacking care
Purchase at a home store
Site of a routine landing?
Thing to get pinned on
Where a wrestler works
Yoga class surface
Where pins are made
Where a pin may be made
Definition
MAT as a noun:
1. a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
2. (mat, matting) = mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
3. (mat, gym mat) = sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
4. a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass"
5. (Master of Arts in Teaching, MAT) = a master's degree in teaching
6. (flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt, matte) = the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
7. a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
MAT as a verb:
1. (entangle, tangle, mat, snarl) = twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
2. (felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat) = change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
MAT as an adjective:
1. (flat, mat, matt, matte, matted) = not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"