matte
/mæt/
matte noun: a decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
Noun
matte (plural mattes)
- A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).
- Synonyms:
- mat, matting, passe-partout
- A background, often painted or created with computers
- Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.
- The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
- An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.
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.
- a matte lipstick
Verb
matte (third-person singular simple present mattes, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)
- To produce a dull, lustreless surface on (metal).
matte meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
matte in Hindi
- मैटे
matte in Tamil
- மட்டி, மற்றை
matte in Urdu
- ماٹے
matte in Bengali
- ম্যাট করা
More languagesFewer languages
- matte in Telugu
- మాట్టే
- matte in Persian
- مات mât
Synonyms of matte
9 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of matte
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mattes |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more matte |
| superlative | most matte |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mattes |
| present participle | matting |
| past participle | matted |
| past | matted |
Origin of matte
Borrowed from French mat.
Words formed from matte
Words that rhyme with matte
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mat
- slat
- blat
- matt
- 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 matte
- What does matte mean?
- Matte means a decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- What is matte in Hindi?
- Matte in Hindi is मैटे. See Matte meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is matte?
- Matte can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce matte?
- Matte is pronounced /mæt/.
- What is the plural of matte?
- The plural of matte is mattes.
Words near matte in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: matte (page history and authors); matte (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); matte (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matte (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); matte (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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