MULLER

muller

(noun) a vessel in which wine is mulled

pestle, muller, pounder

(noun) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone

muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator

(noun) a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation

Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller

(noun) United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)

Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller

(noun) British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)

Muller, Johann Muller, Regiomontanus

(noun) German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)

Muller, Johannes Peter Muller

(noun) German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)

Muller, Karl Alex Muller

(noun) Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)

Muller, Paul Hermann Muller

(noun) Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Muller

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Muller is the 1,293rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27,216 individuals. Muller is most common among White (87.50%) individuals.

Etymology 1

Noun

muller (plural mullers)

One who, or that which, mulls.

(arts) A grinding stone, held in the hand, used especially for preparing paints and powders.

A vessel in which wine, etc, is mulled over a fire.

Verb

muller (third-person singular simple present mullers, present participle mullering, simple past and past participle mullered)

To grind up into, or as if into, powder.

Etymology 2

Noun

muller (plural mullers)

(metallurgy) A machine that mixes sand and clay for use in metal castings.

Synonyms

• sand muller

Etymology 3

Verb

muller (third-person singular simple present mullers, present participle mullering, simple past and past participle mullered)

(transitive, UK, slang) To beat; to thrash (a person).

(transitive, UK, slang) To defeat or destroy utterly (as in a sport or competition).

Source: Wiktionary


Mull"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, mulls.

2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.

Mull"er, n. Etym: [OE. mullen to pulverize, bruise; cf. Icel. mylja; prob. akin to E. mold soil. See Mold soil, and cf. Mull dirt.]

Definition: A stone or thick lump of glass, or kind of pestle, flat at the bottom, used for grinding pigments or drugs, etc., upon a slab of similar material.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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