matte
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
Types & categories
- mixture hypernym
- sparkle metal hyponym
Sense 2 verb
change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
The fabric felted up after several washes
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- felt derivation
- matting derivation
- lusterlessness derivation
Sense 3 adjective
not reflecting light; not glossy
flat wall paint
Related & opposite
- lusterlessness derivation
- dull similar to
Sense 4 noun
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
Types & categories
- dullness hypernym
Related & opposite
- matte derivation
- mat derivation
- lackluster derivation
- flat derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mixture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparkle metal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | felt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | matting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lusterlessness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lusterlessness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dull |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | matte |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lackluster |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flat |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dullness |