matte

¹matte

Definition of MATTE

variant of ³mat 1

Variants of MATTE

matte or matt

Other Fine Arts Terms

Gothic, baroque, bas-relief, limn, oeuvre, pastiche, rococo, sfumato

²matte

adjective \ˈmat\

Definition of MATTE

: lacking or deprived of luster or gloss: as

a : having a usually smooth even surface free from shine or highlights <matte metals> <a matte finish>

b : having a rough or granular surface

Variants of MATTE

matte also mat or matt \ˈmat\

Examples of MATTE

1. a photograph with a matte finish
2. <I chose a paint with a matte finish so the walls wouldn't be too shiny.>

Origin of MATTE

French mat, from Old French, faded, defeated

First Known Use: circa 1648

Related to MATTE

Synonyms

dim, dull, dulled, flat, lusterless

Antonyms

glossy, lustrous, shiny, sleek

Related Words

tarnished, unpolished; cloudy, dingy, dirty, drab, lackluster, mousy (or mousey), muddy; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palish; black, dark, darkened, darkish, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrous

Near Antonyms

buffed, burnished, glazed, lacquered, polished, rubbed, shellacked, varnished; satin, satiny; silken, silky; slick, slippery; gemmy, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, shining, sparkling, twinkling; beaming, bedazzling, bright, brightened, brilliant, candescent, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining

Other Paints and Dyes Terms

bloom, craze, medium, size, vehicle

Rhymes with MATTE

bat, batt, blat, brat, cat, Cat, chat, chert, drat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, mat, Matt, pat, phat, plait, plat, Pratt, rat, sat, scat, scatt, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, tat, that, vat

³matte

noun \ˈmat\

Definition of MATTE

1

: a crude mixture of sulfides formed in smelting sulfide ores of metals (as copper, lead, or nickel)

2

: a motion-picture effect in which part of a scene is blocked out and later replaced by footage containing other material (as a background painting)

Origin of MATTE

French, from Middle French, crude metal, curdled milk, from feminine of mat thick, dull, matte

First Known Use: 1839

Other Metals and Metallurgy Terms

assay, bloom, bullion, ductile, ingot, malleable, patina, plate, temper, tensile