Usually means: Dull, non-reflective surface finish quality.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word matte:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. matte: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. matte, matte, matte: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. matte, matte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. matte: Collins English Dictionary
  5. matte: Vocabulary.com
  6. Matte, matte: Wordnik
  7. matte: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. matte: Wiktionary
  9. matte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. matte (mat): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. matte: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Matte, matte: Dictionary.com
  13. matte (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Matte (disambiguation), Matte (filmmaking), Matte (metallurgy), Matte (surface), Matte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Matte: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. matte: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. matte: Rhymezone
  18. Matte (f), Matte: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. matte: Free Dictionary
  20. matte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. matte: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. matte: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  3. MATTE: Glossary of Art Terms

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Matte (disambiguation), matte: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MATTE: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Matte: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Matte: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. matte: Lighting Design Glossary
  2. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  3. Paper Making (No longer online)

(Note: See matted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
noun:  (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
noun:  (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
adjective:  (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.

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