welcome mat

noun

: something likened to a mat placed before an entrance as a sign of welcome

put out the welcome mat for foreign investors

Examples of welcome mat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But with his son vying for the Browns' starting quarterback job this season, the welcome mat was out for Coach Prime. — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Some stores have different policies and don’t always throw down the welcome mat for your pup. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

People won’t buy welcome mats, evidently, from a guy with such spacing. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

The welcome mat is open for contributions from countries that are on the receiving end of space objects, Sorge advised. — Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for welcome mat

• aristocrat
• magnificat
• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat