| VERB | contact | muffle, smother, stifle, strangle, repress | conceal or hide |
|---|---|---|---|
| perception | muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping | |
| NOUN | artifact | muffle | a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature |
| Sounds | mah'fahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | kiln | A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks |
| Spanish | mufla | |
| Catalan | mufla | |
| Meaning | conceal or hide. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "muffle one's anger" | |
| Synonyms | smother, stifle, strangle, repress | |
| Broader | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | Control and refrain from showing |
| Spanish | amortiguar, reprimir | |
| Catalan | ofegar, reprimir, sufocar | |
| Meaning | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down | |
| Broader | soften | make (images or sounds) soft or softer |
| Spanish | amortiguar, arromar, despuntar | |
| Catalan | deslluir-se, deslluir, despuntar, esmussar, espuntar, romejar, trencar-se | |
| Nouns | muffler | a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise |
| muffler | a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations | |
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