damper

Meanings

Plural: dampers

Noun

• a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
• a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
• a depressing restraint
  • "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
• Something that damps or checks:
• A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
• Something that damps or checks:
• A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
• Something that damps or checks:
• Something that kills the mood.
• Something that damps or checks:
• A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
• Something that damps or checks:
• A shock absorber.
• Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
• A shop till.

Adjective Satellite

• slightly wet

Adj

• comparative form of damp: more damp

Synonyms

damp, dampish, moist, muffler

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