Matte

[mat] /mæt/

adjective
1.
having a dull or lusterless surface:
matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
noun
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. .
verb (used with object), matted, matting.
6.
to finish with a matte surface.
[mat] /mæt/
noun, Mining.
1.
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.
/mæt/
noun
1.
an impure fused material consisting of metal sulphides produced during the smelting of a sulphide ore
/mæt/
noun
1.
(films, television) a mask used to blank out part of an image so that another image can be superimposed
n.

variant of mat (n.2).

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