muller
/ˈmʌləɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who, or that which, mulls.
noun
One who, or that which, mulls.
noun
A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
Example Sentences
- "The muller can easily plow through any sand mixture that I put in it and has plenty of power left over."
- "The muller provides, in addition, a useful means of comparing the important property of the rate of strength development of pigments."
- "The mixing is conducted in a water-bath, and during this process, and as long as the phosphorus is being ground or ‘mullered,’ copious fumes are evolved."
- "We walked down to the golf club to get a beer; they readily agreed as we went, it had been a dreadful game. Macca [Steve McMahon] asked Gazza [Paul Gascoigne], had he heard? – they were getting ‘mullered’ back home. […] Gazza said he wasn’t surprised, it was fair enough – and Macca said the same. He said he didn’t mind getting trashed, when they’d played a lousy game – what he hated was getting trashed for two weeks solid beforehand, when the Cup hadn’t even started."
- "You needn't make so much fuss. Nobody's going to bother about you. It's me that's going to get mullered."
- "Sure enough, they've got mullered. They're yesterday's men. The sands of time have washed over them."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmʌləɹ/
- British English: /ˈmʌlə/
Usage
- Colloquial
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Slang