damper
/ˈdæmpɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.94 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Countable; Uncountable
adj
comparative form of damp: more damp
Example Sentences
- "Nor did Sabrina′s presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities."
- "Figure 7.13 shows stability diagrams that illustrate the effect of the magnitude of the damping coefficient of the damper on the flutter of the pipe."
- "In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out."
- "However, complaints quickly surfaced about the ride quality of the SIG BT41 bogies, which was only cured by the fitting of additional dampers to the bogies and couplers."
- "1827, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, →ISBN, The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes."
- "The flour bespattering Squeaker's now neglected clothes spoke eloquently of his clumsy efforts at damper making."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdæmpɚ/