Damper

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English

Etymology

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Noun

Singular Damper

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1. That which damps or checks; as:

   (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

   (b) A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

   (c) Something that kills the mood

   (d) A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.

   • Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. - W. Black
2. Template:AU Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt: but without yeast.

   1827: The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. — Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2.

Translations

• Dutch: dampkap f. (1a), afzuigkap f. (1a), demper m. (1b), domper m. (1c)

Adjective

damper

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Anagrams

• adempr,
• ramped

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Danish

Etymology 1

A calque of the English steamer.

Noun

Damper c. (singular definite Damperen, plural indefinite Dampere)

1. steamer, steamboat, steamship

Inflection

    Inflection of Damper

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Damper	Damperen	Dampere	Damperne
genitive	Dampers	Damperens	Damperes	Dampernes

Synonyms

• dampskib

Etymology 2

See dampe.

Verb

Damper

1. Present of dampe.

ar:damper fr:damper io:damper ml:damper ru:damper fi:damper ta:damper tr:damper vi:damper zh:damper