place mat 
noun
A small mat underneath a person’s dining plate, used to protect the table from the heat of the plate and food.There was a stack of plates, a cup, a place mat, a clock that was off by ten minutes, a box of tissues, a coat, and an odd looking lamp....
- A little elbow grease, a nice place mat and some dishes, and the table awaited its diner.
- He had seated himself at our dark wood table where, earlier, she had set out a crocheted place mat with fork and knife and napkin.
- faldstool
- fale
- Falkirk
- Falklander
- Falkland Islander
- Falkland Islands
- Falkland Islands Dependencies
- Falklands War
- f-all
- fall
- fall about
- fallacious
- fallaciously
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- fallacy of composition
- fall afoul of
- fallalery
- Falla, Manuel de
- fall apart (or to pieces)
- fall at the first hurdle
- fallaway
- fall back
- fallback
- fall back on