matte

matte ¹  (mt)

n.

Variant of mat².

adj.

Variant of mat².

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matte ²  (mt)

n.

A mixture of a metal with its sulfides, produced by smelting the sulfide ores of copper, lead, or nickel.

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[French, curdled milk, matte, from feminine of obsolete mat, compact, from Old French, dull, from Latin mattus, stupefied; see mat².]

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matte¹

n

(Engineering / Metallurgy) an impure fused material consisting of metal sulphides produced during the smelting of a sulphide ore

[from French]

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matte²

n

(Performing Arts) (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Films television a mask used to blank out part of an image so that another image can be superimposed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	matte - a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted mixture - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) sparkle metal - matte that has 74 percent copper
	2.	matte - the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss lusterlessness, lustrelessness, matt, flatness, mat dullness - a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
Verb	1.	matte - change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes" felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, mat, felt change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
Adj.	1.	matte - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish" mat, matt, matted, flat dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"