mate


mate - noun

  • the officer below the master on a commercial ship
  • a fellow member of a team
  • the partner of an animal
  • a person's partner in marriage
  • an exact duplicate
  • one of a pair
  • South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
  • informal term for a friend of the same sex
  • South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
  • a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

    • mate - verb

    • bring two objects, ideas, or people together
    • place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

    mate - thesaurus

    checkmate   couple   fellow   match   pair   partner   spouse   teammate   twin  

    Scrabble score for mate

    m is 3 a is 1 t is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 6

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