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muffle
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[ˈmʌfl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- wrap or cover for warmth
(e.g: everyone was muffled up in coats and scarves)
- cover or wrap up (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness
(e.g: the soft beat of a muffled drum)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a shortening of Old French enmoufler; the noun (mid 17th century) from Old French moufle ‘thick glove’
[ˈmʌfl], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a receptacle in a furnace or kiln in which things can be heated without contact with combustion products
(e.g: a muffle furnace)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a shortening of Old French enmoufler; the noun (mid 17th century) from Old French moufle ‘thick glove’
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