DAMPER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a depressing restraint
   Usage Example(s)
   • rain put a damper on our picnic plans
   Hypernyms(s) damper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • restraint (what does restraint mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
   Synonym(s)
   • muffler (what does muffler mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) damper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • device (what does device mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • damper block (what does damper block mean?)
   • piano damper (what does piano damper mean?)
   • dash-pot (what does dash-pot mean?)
   • shock absorber (what does shock absorber mean?)
   • shock (what does shock mean?)
   • cushion (what does cushion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • muffle (what does muffle mean?)
   • mute (what does mute mean?)
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • tone down (what does tone down mean?)
   • muffle (what does muffle mean?)
   • mute (what does mute mean?)
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • tone down (what does tone down mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • deaden (what does deaden mean?)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
   Hypernyms(s) damper is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plate (what does plate mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
   • soften (what does soften mean?)
   • weaken (what does weaken mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)