damper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
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 kills the mood.
A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
A shock absorber.
Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
A shop till.

adj

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damper dampers

From damp (verb) + -er. The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.

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