muller

C2+ Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈmʌləɹ/ UK /ˈmʌlə/ See IPA manual

Freq #16325

Meanings

1

noun
A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.

The muller can easily plow through any sand mixture that I put in it and has plenty of power left over.
2

noun
A stone with a flat grinding surface, which is held in the hand and rubbed on a slab to grind paint pigments, medicinal powders, etc.

The muller provides, in addition, a useful means of comparing the important property of the rate of strength development of pigments.
3

verb
To grind up (something) into, or as if into, powder.

The mixing is conducted in a water-bath, and during this process, and as long as the phosphorus is being ground or ‘mullered,’ copious fumes are evolved.
4

verb
To beat or thrash (someone).

We walked down to the golf club to get a beer; they readily agreed as we went, it had been a dreadful game. Macca [Steve McMahon] asked Gazza [Paul Gascoigne], had he heard? – they were getting ‘mullered’ back home. […] Gazza said he wasn’t surprised, it was fair enough – and Macca said the same. He said he didn’t mind getting trashed, when they’d played a lousy game – what he hated was getting trashed for two weeks solid beforehand, when the Cup hadn’t even started.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a machine that mixes clay... sand muller

Word family

Derived forms mullered

Etymology

From mull (“to mix (clay and sand) under a roller to prepare a mould”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Mull is possibly derived from mull (“(chiefly Northern England) to grind to powder, crumble, powder, pulverize”), from Middle English mollen, mullen (“to moisten (something); to soften (something) by making wet; to become liquid; to drizzle; to crumble or soften (something) by grinding; to fondle or pet (something)”), from Old French moillier, muillier (“to make wet”) (modern French mouiller), and from its etymon Vulgar Latin *molliāre, *mulliāre (“to make wet”), from Latin molliāre, the...

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# muller

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmʌləɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌlə/
**Frequency rank:** 16325

## Meanings
1. A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
2. A stone with a flat grinding surface, which is held in the hand and rubbed on a slab to grind paint pigments, medicinal powders, etc.
3. To grind up (something) into, or as if into, powder.
4. To beat or thrash (someone).

## Examples
- The muller can easily plow through any sand mixture that I put in it and has plenty of power left over.
- The muller provides, in addition, a useful means of comparing the important property of the rate of strength development of pigments.
- The mixing is conducted in a water-bath, and during this process, and as long as the phosphorus is being ground or ‘mullered,’ copious fumes are evolved.
- We walked down to the golf club to get a beer; they readily agreed as we went, it had been a dreadful game. Macca [Steve McMahon] asked Gazza [Paul Gascoigne], had he heard? – they were getting ‘mullered’ back home. […] Gazza said he wasn’t surprised, it was fair enough – and Macca said the same. He said he didn’t mind getting trashed, when they’d played a lousy game – what he hated was getting trashed for two weeks solid beforehand, when the Cup hadn’t even started.

## Derived Forms
- mullered

## Etymology
From mull (“to mix (clay and sand) under a roller to prepare a mould”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Mull is possibly derived from mull (“(chiefly Northern England) to grind to powder, crumble, powder, pulverize”), from Middle English mollen, mullen (“to moisten (something); to soften (something) by making wet; to become liquid; to drizzle; to crumble or soften (something) by grinding; to fondle or pet (something)”), from Old French moillier, muillier (“to make wet”) (modern French mouiller), and from its etymon Vulgar Latin *molliāre, *mulliāre (“to make wet”), from Latin molliāre, the...

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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