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DAMPENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dampener mean? 

DAMPENER (noun)
  The noun DAMPENER has 1 sense:

1. a device that dampens or moistens somethingplay

  Familiarity information: DAMPENER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DAMPENER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A device that dampens or moistens something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dampener; moistener

Context example:

he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them

Hypernyms ("dampener" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

dampen (make moist)


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