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buffers

buffers is the plural of buffer.

buffers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buffer.

Meaning of buffer

Noun (1)

buffer (plural buffers)

  1. A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
  2. A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
  3. (Ireland, archaic, slang) A boxer.
    • Such a buffer as Donnelly, / Ereland never again will see.1821, Pierce Egan (the Elder), Boxiana; or, Sketches of antient and modern pugilism (page 117)

Noun (2)

buffer (plural buffers)

  1. A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
  2. Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
  3. A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
    • The idiot who, in railway carriages, / Scribbles on window panes, / We only suffer / To ride on a buffer / In Parliamentary trains.1885, W. S. Gilbert, The Mikado, Act II, in The Mikado, and Other Plays, New York: Modern Library, 1917, p. 42, https://archive.org/details/mikadootherplays00gilb

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Phrases with buffers

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Questions about buffers

What is buffers the plural of?
Buffers is the plural of buffer.

Words near buffers in the dictionary

  1. bufferize
  2. bufferized
  3. bufferizes
  4. bufferizing
  5. bufferless
  6. buffers
  7. buffers up
  8. buffersful
  9. buffery
  10. bufferzone
  11. bufferzones

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