Noun Definition

mate

1.Definition: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

Related Noun(s):checkmate

Category: General

2.Definition: a fellow member of a team

"It was his first start against his former teammates"

Related Noun(s):teammate

Category: People

3.Definition: a person's partner in marriage

Related Noun(s):better half, married person, partner, spouse

Category: People

4.Definition: an exact duplicate

Related Noun(s):match

Category: Objects

5.Definition: informal term for a friend of the same sex

Category: People

6.Definition: one of a pair

"He lost the mate to his shoe", "One eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

Related Noun(s):fellow

Category: General

7.Definition: South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

Related Noun(s):ilex paraguariensis, paraguay tea

Category: Plants

8.Definition: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate

Category: Food

9.Definition: the officer below the master on a commercial ship

Related Noun(s):first mate

Category: People

10.Definition: the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)

"He loved the mare and all her mates", "Camels hate leaving their mates"

Category: People