Main Entry:

damp·er

Pronunciation:

\ˈdam-pər\

Function:

noun

Date:

1707

1: a dulling or deadening influence <put a damper on the celebration>2: a device that damps: as a: a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft b: a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano string cchiefly British : shock absorber 3Australian : a simple usually unleavened bread of a kind made originally in the Australian bush