muffle
Meaning of muffle
noun
- Anything that mutes or deadens sound.
- A warm piece of clothing for the hands.
- A boxing glove.
- A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
- The bare end of the nose between the nostrils, especially in ruminants.
- A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheels, polyspast, block and tackle.
- To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
- To wrap up or cover (a source of noise) in order to deaden the sound.
to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock
- To mute or deaden (a sound etc.).
- To speak indistinctly, or without clear articulation.
- To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.
Information about muffle
- The plural form of muffle is: muffles.
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Hyphenation of muffle
muf-fle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- muffle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
muffle synonyms
Meaning smother:
smother, stifle, strangle, repress
Meaning mute:
Words that rhyme with muffle
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