matte

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[mat], (Adjective)

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[mat], (Noun)

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[mat], (Verb)

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[mat], (Noun)

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- an impure product of the smelting of sulphide ores, especially those of copper or nickel


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early 19th century: from French (in Old French meaning ‘curds’), feminine of mat (adjective) ‘matt’, used as a noun


[mat], (Noun)

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- 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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1930s: of uncertain origin; perhaps from matt




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