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Synonyms for matte
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mat |
| Phonetic Transcription : mæt |
Top 10 synonyms for matte Other synonyms for the word matte
- ashen
- banal
- black
- blah
- blind
- colorless
- dark
- dead
- dim
- dingy
- drab
- draggy
- dry
- dun
- dusky
- faded
- feeble
- flavorless
- grimy
- ho hum
- inane
- indistinct
- innocuous
- insipid
- jejune
- laid-back
- lead balloon
- leaden
- low
- lusterless
- matte
- monotonous
- mousy
- muffled
- murky
- muted
- nothing
- obscure
- opaque
- overcast
- pabulum
- plain
- pointless
- prosaic
- prosy
- sapless
- shadowy
- sober
- soft
- softened
- somber
- sombre
- sooty
- spiritless
- stale
- subdued
- subfusc
- tasteless
- tedious
- toned-down
- unimaginative
- uninspired
- uninteresting
- unlit
- unpalatable
- unsavory
- unseasoned
- vanilla
- vapid
- watery
- weak
- whitebread
- zero
Définition of matte
Origin :- "backing for a picture," 1845, from French; see mat (n.2).
- As in lackluster : adj dull, lifeless
- As in dull : adj drab, lackluster in effect on senses
- As in flat : adj dull, lackluster to the senses
- Matte Enamel, medium weight; Enameled, medium weight; Velvet, medium weight.
- Extract from : « Bromide Printing and Enlarging » by John A. Tennant
- Matte and Maie grew fat on this fine living, and daily became richer.
- Extract from : « The Lilac Fairy Book » by Andrew Lang
- There was once a fisherman who was called Salmon, and his Christian name was Matte.
- Extract from : « The Lilac Fairy Book » by Andrew Lang
- The German term in the Glossary for panes ex pyrite is stein, the same as the modern German for matte.
- Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
- The matte is roasted, re-smelted with lead, and no doubt a button obtained, and further matte.
- Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
- Three products result: (a) slag; (b) matte; (c) copper-gold-silver alloy.
- Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
- He, however, describes nothing of matte smelting; in copper refining he gives the whole process of poling, but omits the pole.
- Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
- Canadian matte has been refined mainly in the United States, but the tendency is toward refining a larger proportion in Canada.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
- The “American process” or “Pyritic smelting” consists in the direct smelting of raw ores to matte in blast furnaces.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 » by Various
- The quantity of air consumed in a converter which will blow up about 35 tons of matte per day is about 3000 cub.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 » by Various
Antonyms for matte
- active
- alive
- animate
- apparent
- bright
- brilliant
- broken
- bubbly
- cheerful
- clear
- distinct
- effervescent
- elevated
- enthusiastic
- eventful
- excited
- exciting
- good
- happy
- hopeful
- indefinite
- intelligent
- interesting
- keen
- knifelike
- light
- lively
- living
- luminous
- lustrous
- pointed
- quick
- raised
- rough
- rounded
- rugged
- sensitive
- serrated
- sharp
- shining
- shiny
- smart
- spirited
- uneven
- visible
- vivacious
- witty
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