| NOUN | artifact | muffle | a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature |
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| VERB | contact | muffle, smother, stifle, strangle, repress | conceal or hide |
| perception | muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping |
| Sounds | mah'fahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2065 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature. | |
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| Broader | kiln | A furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks |
| Meaning | conceal or hide. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "muffle one's anger" | |
| Synonyms | smother, stifle, strangle, repress | |
| Broader | suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb | To put down by force or authority |
| Catalan | ofegar | |
| Meaning | deaden (a sound or noise) , especially by wrapping. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down | |
| Broader | soften | make (images or sounds) soft or softer |
| Nouns | muffler | a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise |
| muffler | a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations | |