matt

comparative more matt · superlative most matt

1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of matte.

   Outside the sky was low and hard and cold, with a matt texture I recognized from when I'd lived around here.

   2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 250

plural matts

1. alternativebroadcastingAlternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”).
2. alternativeAlternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”).
3. alternativeAlternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).

present singular third person matts · participle present matting · participle past matted · past matted

1. alternativeAlternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).

plural Matts

1. A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.

   During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.

   2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2023

2. A diminutive of the male given name Matthias.
3. A British surname originating as a patronymic, a rare variant of Matthews.
4. A surname from German.
5. A village in Glarus canton, Switzerland.