device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
damper block,
piano damper damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration
dash-pot a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid
damper -
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
plate dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
chimney a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
damper -
a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
restraint the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
damper -
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.
damper -
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.
