Definition of "matted" []

• Covered with or made from mats. (adjective)
• Tangled in a dense mass: tried to push through the matted undergrowth. (adjective)

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• "When it was originally released, Season 2 was (annoyingly) presented in matted widescreen instead of anamorphic widescreen, so that it will display on a widescreen TV with black bars on all four sides."
• "They were covered in short, matted hair and had long tails curling behind them."
• "If they had not been, they would have become entangled and thus formed what is called a matted row."