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MATT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Synonyms:
flatness; lusterlessness; lustrelessness; mat; matt; matte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("matt" is a kind of...):
dullness (a lack of visual brightness)
Derivation:
matt (not reflecting light; not glossy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not reflecting light; not glossy
Example:
a photograph with a matte finish
Synonyms:
flat; mat; matt; matte; matted
Classified under:
Similar:
dull (emitting or reflecting very little light)
Derivation:
matt (the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss)
Context examples:
Matt helped the man to his feet.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt rushed in, but quicker than he was White Fang.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt uttered a great oath and sprang to his side.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt had dashed into the cabin and come out with a rifle.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt paused halfway down the gang-plank.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt regarded his employer with grieved disapproval.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt loosened the bandana from his own neck and started to put it around White Fang's.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt took hold of White Fang, ready to pull when Cherokee's jaws should be loosened.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt examined him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matt shrugged his shoulders.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
