damper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
Types & categories
- plate hypernym
Parts & wholes
- chimney part holonym
Related & opposite
- soften derivation
Sense 2 noun
a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- damper block hyponym
- dash-pot hyponym
- cushion hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a depressing restraint
rain put a damper on our picnic plans
Types & categories
- restraint hypernym
Related & opposite
- damp derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | soften |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chimney |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deaden |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | damper block |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash-pot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cushion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | damp |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | restraint |