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Dull; not reflective of light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface. a matte lipstick
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: matt, flat, bland, colourless, dim, dingy, dull, faint, lackluster, leaden, muddy, sad, sober, uncolorful, unholiday, wan
Antonyms: glossy
A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
Examples
The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout
Antonyms: none provided
A background, often painted or created with computers
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
Examples
Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To produce a dull, lustreless surface on (metal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
not reflecting light; not glossy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
flat wall paint a photograph with a matte finish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flat, mat, matt, matted
Antonyms: none provided
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flatness, lusterlessness, lustrelessness, mat, matt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dullness
a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mixture
Narrower terms: sparkle metal
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The fabric felted up after several washes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, mat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Borrowed from French mat.
Across languages
Translations 45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Basque :
mate
— not reflective of light
Belarusian :
ма́тавы
(mátavy)
— not reflective of light
Bulgarian :
ма́тов
(mátov)
— not reflective of light
Catalan :
mat
— not reflective of light
Czech :
matný
— not reflective of light
Danish :
mat
— not reflective of light
Dutch :
mat
— not reflective of light
Finnish :
himmeä
— not reflective of light
Finnish :
kiilloton
— not reflective of light
Finnish :
matta
— not reflective of light
French :
mat
— not reflective of light
French :
mate
— not reflective of light
German :
matt
— not reflective of light
Irish :
neamhlonrach
— not reflective of light
Italian :
opaco
— not reflective of light
Macedonian :
мат
(mat)
— not reflective of light
Māori :
pīatakore
— not reflective of light
Persian :
مات
(mât)
— not reflective of light
Polish :
matowy
— not reflective of light
Portuguese :
mate
— not reflective of light
Romanian :
mat
— not reflective of light
Russian :
ма́товый
(mátovyj)
— not reflective of light
Slovene :
mat
— not reflective of light
Slovene :
matiran
— not reflective of light
Spanish :
mate
— not reflective of light
Swedish :
matt
— not reflective of light
Swedish :
opak
— not reflective of light
Turkish :
donuk
— not reflective of light
Turkish :
mat
— not reflective of light
Turkish :
opak
— not reflective of light
Ukrainian :
ма́товий
(mátovyj)
— not reflective of light
Finnish :
passepartout
— decorative border around a picture
Finnish :
kehyskartonki
— decorative border around a picture
Finnish :
kehyspahvi
— decorative border around a picture
Finnish :
aukkopahvi
— decorative border around a picture
Finnish :
paspartuu
— decorative border around a picture
Finnish :
paspartuuri
— decorative border around a picture
German :
Passepartout
— decorative border around a picture
Hungarian :
paszpartu
— decorative border around a picture
Macedonian :
паспарту
(paspartu)
— decorative border around a picture
Portuguese :
passe-partout
— decorative border around a picture
Russian :
паспарту́
(paspartú)
— decorative border around a picture
Finnish :
mattamaalaus
— film: type of painted background
Finnish :
metallikivi
— metal sulfide phase
Japanese :
鈹
(kawa)
— metal sulfide phase
