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muffler

/ˈmʌflɚ/

muffler noun: a part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.

muffler: something or someone that muffles
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Noun

muffler (plural mufflers)

  1. (US) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
    • Holonym: exhaust system
    Synonyms:
    silencer
  2. An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
    Synonyms:
    silencer, suppressor
    Antonyms:
    loudener
  3. A type of scarf.
    • The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
    • He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold. Abruptly, and rather absently, he took his right hand out of his coat pocket and started to adjust the muffler, but before it was adjusted, he changed his mind […]1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4
  4. (World-War-I, rare, slang) A gas mask.

muffler meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

muffler in Tamil

ஓசைக் குறைப்பான், கம்பளிக்குட்டை, கழுத்துப்போர்வை

muffler in Urdu

گلو بند

muffler in Bengali

গলাবদ্ধ, গলায় জড়ানোর স্কার্ফ

muffler in Malayalam

ചെവിമൂടിത്തൊപ്പി, കഴുത്തിൽ ചുറ്റുന്ന കമ്പിളി
More languagesFewer languages
muffler in Kannada
ಕುತ್ತಿಗೆಬಟ್ಟೆ, ಕುತ್ತಿಗೆಪಟ್ಟಿ
muffler in Malay
ekzos
muffler in Indonesian
knalpot

Synonyms of muffler

Antonyms

Forms of muffler

pluralmufflers

Plural of muffler: mufflers

Origin of muffler

From muffle + -er.

Words formed from muffler

Phrases with muffler

Words that rhyme with muffler

Questions about muffler

What does muffler mean?
Muffler means a part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
What is muffler in Tamil?
Muffler in Tamil is ஓசைக் குறைப்பான், கம்பளிக்குட்டை, கழுத்துப்போர்வை. See Muffler meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is muffler?
Muffler is a noun.
How do you pronounce muffler?
Muffler is pronounced /ˈmʌflɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of muffler?
The plural of muffler is mufflers.

Words near muffler in the dictionary

  1. muffled up
  2. muffledly
  3. muffledness
  4. mufflehead
  5. muffleheads
  6. muffler
  7. muffler bearing
  8. muffler bearings
  9. muffler furnace
  10. muffler furnaces
  11. mufflered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: muffler (page history and authors); muffler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); muffler (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); muffler (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); muffler (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); muffler (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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