Definition of Mate

Noun

• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
  checkmate
• South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
  
• informal term for a friend of the same sex
  
• South American holly
  leaves used in making a drink like tea
  - paraguay tea - ilex paraguariensis
• one of a pair
  "he lost the mate to his shoe"
  "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
  fellow
• an exact duplicate
  "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
  match
• a person's partner in marriage
  spouse partner - married person - better half
• the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
  "he loved the mare and all her mates"
  "camels hate leaving their mates"
  
• a fellow member of a team
  "it was his first start against his former teammates"
  teammate
• the officer below the master on a commercial ship
  - first mate

Verb

• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
  "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
  checkmate
• bring two objects, ideas, or people together
  "This fact is coupled to the other one"
  "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"
  "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
  match couple pair twin
• engage in sexual intercourse
  "Birds mate in the Spring"
  copulate pair couple

Word games points for the Mate

• Scrabble® score of the mate (6)
• Word Chums® score of the mate (8)
• Words With Friends® score of the mate (7)

Unscramble mate

25 unscramble word found using the letters mate.

ae, am, ame, at, ate, ea, eat, em, et, eta, ma, mae, mat, mate, me, meat, met, meta, ta, tae, tam, tame, te, tea, team,