matt
/mæt/
matt is the alternative spelling of matte.
matt is the alternative spelling of mat.
matt is the alternative form of matte.
Meaning of matte
Adjective
matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)
- Dull; not reflective of light.
- Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.
Meaning of mat
Noun
mat (plural mats)
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- Wipe your feet on the mat before coming in.
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- They put mats on the table during mealtimes.
- A floor pad to protect athletes.
- The high jumper cleared the bar and landed safely on the mat.
- A thickly tangled mess.
- a mat of weeds
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- Iceland moss growing in a mat
Proper noun capitalized: Matt
Matt (plural Matts)
- A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
- During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023
- A diminutive of the male given name Matthias.
- A British surname originating as a patronymic, a rare variant of Matthews.
- A surname from German.
- A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.
Forms of matt
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more matt |
| superlative | most matt |
| Noun | |
| plural | matts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | matts |
| present participle | matting |
| past participle | matted |
| past | matted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Matts |
Words formed from matt
Words that rhyme with matt
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mat
- slat
- blat
- matte
- nat
- pat
- sat
- scat
- sprat
- vat
- old hat
- phat
- plat
- prat
- rabat
- spat
- tat
- @
- acrobat
- anticat
- antifat
- antirat
- batt
- big cat
- Cheshire cat
- clat
- combat
- gat
- glatt
- gnat
- manat
- Montserrat
- plait
- scrat
- skat
- stat
- the fact that
- twat
- whereat
- begat
- Bratt
- BTO flat
- chowkat
- dassie rat
- dat
- despotat
- drat
- Flatt
Questions about matt
- What does matt mean?
- Matt means a diminutive of the male given name Matthew.
- What is matt the alternative spelling of?
- Matt is the alternative spelling of matte.
- What part of speech is matt?
- Matt is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce matt?
- Matt is pronounced /mæt/ (US).
Words near matt in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: matt (page history and authors); Matt (page history and authors); matte (page history and authors); mat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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