matte
matte1 / mat/ (also matt or mat) • adj. (of a color, paint, or surface) dull and flat, without a shine: matte black.• n. 1. a matte color, paint, or finish: the varnishes are available in gloss, satin, and matte.2. a sheet of cardboard placed on the back of a picture, either as a mount or to form a border around the picture.• v. (mat·ted, mat·ting) [tr.] (often be matted) give a matte appearance to (something).matte2 • n. an impure product of the smelting of sulfide ores, esp. those of copper or nickel.matte3 • n. a mask used to obscure part of an image in a film and allow another image to be substituted, combining the two.
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