DAMPER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A depressing restraint

Example:

rain put a damper on our picnic plans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("damper" is a kind of...):

restraint (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something)

Derivation:

damp (restrain or discourage)

Meaning:

A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations

Synonyms:

damper; muffler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("damper" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "damper"):

damper block; piano damper (damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration)

dash-pot (a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid)

cushion; shock; shock absorber (a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses)

Derivation:

damp (make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible)

damp (deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)

Meaning:

A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("damper" is a kind of...):

plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)

Holonyms ("damper" is a part of...):

chimney (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)

Derivation:

damp (lessen in force or effect)