Muffle Synonyms and Antonyms

mŭfəl
To decrease or dull the sound of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dampen
  2. deaden
  3. mute
  4. stifle

Words Related to Muffle

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Muffle Sentence Examples

  • Muffle furnaces are suitable for fine ores which are liable to decrepitate or sinter.

  • The process is effected either in heaps, stalls, shaft furnaces, reverberatory furnaces or muffle furnaces.

  • These burners, or modifications of them, have also been applied to muffle furnaces, which are convenient when only a few assays have to be made - the furnace being a mere clay shell and soon brought to a working temperature; but the fuel is too expensive to allow of their being used habitually or on a large scale.

  • The precipitate is collected in a filter-press, and then roasted in muffle furnaces with nitre, borax and sodium carbonate.

  • If hot air is introduced into the kiln, the additional heat developed by the oxidation of the zinc and the sulphur is sufficient to keep up a part of the reaction; but for the complete expulsion of the sulphur an externally-fired muffle through which the ore is passed is found to be essential.

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