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muffler

noun
/ˈmʌflɚ/US

Etymology

From muffle + -er.

  1. derived from *molfell✻ — “soft garment made of hide”
  2. derived from *fellą✻ — “skin, film, fleece”
  3. derived from *mawwō✻ — “sleeve”
  4. derived from *muffël✻ — “a muff, wrap, envelope”
  5. derived from muffula — “a muff”
  6. derived from enmoufler
  7. derived from amoufler
  8. inherited from muflen — “to muffle”
  9. suffixed as muffler — “muffle + er”

Definitions

  1. Something or someone that muffles.

    • Holonym: exhaust system

The neighborhood

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