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Definitions for Matte

[1] having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
[2] a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
[3] a tool for producing such a surface.
[4] Metallurgy . an unfinished metallic product of the smelting of certain sulfide ores, especially those of copper.
[5] Movies . matte shot.
[6] to finish with a matte surface.
[7] a mass of timber caved beneath overburden so as to cushion the fall of the overburden and separate it from mineral to be extracted beneath.
[8] an impure fused material consisting of metal sulphides produced during the smelting of a sulphide ore
[9] films television a mask used to blank out part of an image so that another image can be superimposed

Words related to Matte

flat, uninspired, boring, muted, ho-hum, subdued, dim, muddy, somber, hazy, dark, lifeless, dismal, cloudy, cold, soft, obscure, bland, stale, weak

Words nearby Matte

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Origin of Matte

2< German; akin to mat1

Word origin for Matte

C19: from French

Synonyms for Matte

boring, flat, ho-hum, muted, uninspired, blah, blind, colorless, dark, dead, dim, drab, draggy, dry, laid-back, leaden, lusterless, nothing, obscure, pabulum, prosaic, sombre, unimaginative, vanilla, vapid, zero