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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
2: a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise [syn: silencer, muffler]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1600 one that silences: as a. chiefly British the muffler of an internal combustion engine b. a silencing device for small arms

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any of various devices for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of a motor vehicle, a gun, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Muffler Muf"fler, n. (Mach.) Any of various devices to deaden the noise of escaping gases or vapors, as a tube filled with obstructions, through which the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, are passed (called also silencer).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Silencer Si"lenc*er, n. One that silences; specif.: (a) The muffler of an internal-combustion engine. (b) Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires. (c) A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(silencers) 1. A silencer is a device that is fitted onto a gun to make it very quiet when it is fired. ...a pistol that was equipped with a silencer. N-COUNT 2. A silencer is a device on a car exhaust that makes it quieter. (BRIT; in AM, use muffler) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

acoustic tile, antiknock, baffler, cushion, damp, dampener, damper, gag, hushcloth, muffle, muffler, mute, muzzle, quietener, silence cloth, soft pedal, sordine, sordino, sound-absorbing material, soundproofing, soundproofing insulation, sourdine