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   muffle

   /ˈmʌfl/

   verb

   • 1. wrap or cover for warmth: "everyone was muffled up in coats and scarves" Similar wrapwrap upswatheswaddleenfoldenvelopcloakcover up
   • 2. cover or wrap up (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness: "the soft beat of a muffled drum"
   • ▪ make (a sound) quieter or less distinct: "his voice was muffled" Similar deadendulldampendamp downmutesoftenhushsilencestilltone downmaskstiflesmothersubduesuppressgagmuzzlequietenquiet

   noun

   • 1. a receptacle in a furnace or kiln in which things can be heated without contact with combustion products: "a muffle furnace"

   Word Origin 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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   What does it mean if something muffles a sound?

   • If something muffles a sound, it makes it quieter and more difficult to hear. Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice. [VERB noun] She heard a muffled cough behind her. [VERB-ed] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 2. 3. 4. 5. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does muffling mean?

   • Usually, muffling involves wrapping something around or putting something over a noisy thing. Muffling dampens, tones down, deadens, and dulls. Also, if you hold down your emotions and don't express them, you're muffling them. Muffling keeps things quiet. "Muffle."

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   What is a muffle furnace?

   • Akin to Old High German fel (“fell, skin, hide"), Old English fell (“fell, skin, hide"). More at mulch, fell, camouflage. Muffle furnaces are suitable for fine ores which are liable to decrepitate or sinter. The process is effected either in heaps, stalls, shaft furnaces, reverberatory furnaces or muffle furnaces.

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     Becoming and making less strong. muffle verb [T] (KEEP WARM)...

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     MUFFLE translate: amortiguar, amortiguar, abrigar,...

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     muffle translate: esmorteir. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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