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muter

muter is the comparative form of mute.

Meaning of mute

Adjective

mute (comparative muter, superlative mutest)

  1. Not having the power of speech; dumb.
    • Thus, while the mute Creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their Earthy Mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected Eyes / Beholds his own hereditary Skies. / From ſuch rude Principles our Form began; / And Earth was Metamorphos'd into Man.1717, John Dryden, “Book I”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 4
  2. Silent; not making a sound.
    • He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire ſtood mute, / And ſilence was in Heav’n: […]1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature...
  3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
  4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.

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Noun

muter (plural muters)

  1. Something that mutes sound.
    • The violinist often uses a muter when she practices.

Forms of muter

pluralmuters

Origin of muter

From mute + -er.

Questions about muter

What does muter mean?
Muter means something that mutes sound.
What is muter the comparative form of?
Muter is the comparative form of mute.
What part of speech is muter?
Muter is a noun.
What is the plural of muter?
The plural of muter is muters.

Words near muter in the dictionary

  1. mutelists
  2. mutely
  3. muten
  4. muteness
  5. mutenesses
  6. muter
  7. muters
  8. mutes
  9. mutesarif
  10. mutesarifs
  11. mutesarrif

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