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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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Dictionary Entry

matte

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/mæt/Used In Literature ↓

A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

In a Sentence

The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).

Origin

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Common Phrases

. mattefinish matteblack mattesurface mattepainting mattematte coppermatte nickel
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Poetry examples for matte

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.