Definition of matte

< matte

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matte²    (mt) KEY 

NOUN:

A mixture of a metal with its sulfides, produced by smelting the sulfide ores of copper, lead, or nickel.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, curdled milk, matte, from feminine of obsolete mat, compact, from Old French, dull, from Latin mattus, stupefied ; see mat²