matte

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There are 2 types of protectors: the glossy one and the matte, anti-glare kind.

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  1. noun Variant of mat2.
  2. adjective Variant of mat2.
  3. noun A mixture of a metal with its sulfides, produced by smelting the sulfide ores of copper, lead, or nickel.

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

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  1. French, from German matt, dull, dim: see mat.
 

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