muffler

From muffle +‎ -er.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌflɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌflə(ɹ)

muffler (plural mufflers)

1. Something or someone that muffles.
   2. (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.

      Synonym: silencer

      Holonym: exhaust system

      Comeronyms: catalytic converter, exhaust pipe, tailpipe, sidepipe, manifold, header

   4. An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.

      Synonyms: silencer, suppressor

   6. A type of scarf.

      Hypernyms: scarf < garment

      • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

        The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red.

      • 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4:

        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 […]

   8. (World War I military slang, rare) A gas mask.^[1]

• → Japanese: マフラー
• → Spanish: mofle
• → Welsh: myffler