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ma⋅ter

[mey-ter]
–noun, plural -ters, -tres [-treez] .
1. British Informal. mother 1 .
2. the backing holding the movable parts of an astrolabe.

Origin:
1585–95; < L māter

mat

3[mat]
–adjective, noun, verb, mat⋅ted, mat⋅ting.
matte 1 .

matte

1[mat] adjective, noun, verb, mat⋅ted, mat⋅ting.
–adjective
1. having a dull or lusterless surface: matte paint; a matte complexion; a photograph with a matte finish.
–noun
2. a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
3. a tool for producing such a surface.
4. Metallurgy. an unfinished metallic product of the smelting of certain sulfide ores, esp. those of copper.
5. Movies. matte shot.
–verb (used with object)
6. to finish with a matte surface.
Also, mat, matt.


Origin:
1640–50; < F mat (masc.), matte (fem.), OF < LL mattus moist, soft, weak, perh. < *maditus, deriv. of L madēre to be wet
ma·ter   (mā'tər)   
n.   Chiefly British
Mother.

[Latin māter; see māter- in Indo-European roots.]

Mater

Ma"ter\, n. [L., mother. See Mother.] See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.
Language Translation for : mater
Spanish: sofocar,
German: niederwerfen,
Japanese: 静める

Main Entry: mater
—see DURA MATER, PIAMATER
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