damper.
Something that damps or checks:
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From damp (verb) + -er. The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.
comparative form of damp: more damp
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English damp Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English damper From damp (adjective) + -er.
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