Damper Definition
dămpər
dampers
noun
dampers
One that deadens, restrains, or depresses.
Rain put a damper on our picnic plans.
American Heritage
Anything that deadens or depresses.
Webster's New World
A movable plate or valve in the flue of a stove or furnace, for controlling the draft.
Webster's New World
A device to check vibration in the strings of a stringed keyboard instrument.
Webster's New World
A mute for various brass instruments.
American Heritage
idiom
put a damper on
- to depress, inhibit, lessen, etc.; dampen
the worsening economy has put a damper on new construction
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Damper
Noun
Singular:
damper
Plural:
dampersIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Damper
Origin of Damper
-
From damp + -er.
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