damper

Etymology 1
From.

The name of the type of bread is, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.

Noun



 * 1) Something that damps or checks:
 * 2) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
 * 3) A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
 * 4) Something that kills the mood.
 * 5) A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
 * 6)  A shock absorber.
 * 7)  Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
 * 8) * 1827,, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2,
 * The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes.
 * 1)  Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
 * 2) * 1827,, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2,
 * The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes.

Translations

 * Czech: hradítko, klapka
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: Luftklappe
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πνιγεύς
 * Italian: smorzatore,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: регуля́тор тя́ги, дымова́я засло́нка,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: в'ю́шка


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מרסן
 * Italian: smorzatore
 * Russian:, ,
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Italian: rovinare la festa


 * Maori: parāoa pāhūhū

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 1
A calque of the.

Noun

 * 1) steamer, steamboat, steamship

Etymology 2
See.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a steamer

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) dump truck, dumper

Etymology 2
From.