Wiktionary
alt. A small mat used next to a bathtub to absorb water and thus prevent slipping. n. A small mat used next to a bathtub to absorb water and thus prevent slipping.
WordNet
n. a heavy towel or mat to stand on while drying yourself after a bath
Usage examples of "bath mat".
He stood her on the fuzzy bath mat, his face hard and unreadable as he looked down at her, his right arm still locked around her waist.
He could hear her, would hear her step from the tub, and then come at her when she was still dripping wet, standing helpless on the bath mat.
If you had covered that same tile floor with a cotton bath mat, your feet would have felt just fine.
A thick white terry cloth bathrobe hung on a hook behind the door, and a bath mat with a pile so thick her feet sank into it covered the glazed bronze tiles on the floor.
There were two wash rugs on the floor, a bath mat folded neatly over the edge of the tub, a pebbled glass window above it.
At once she was dry, leaving not even wet footprints on the bath mat.
Benedicte stepped inside and saw that the floor, the little white pedestal mat under the toilet, and even a corner of the bath mat draped over the bath edge, were wet.