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• muller
  muller

  noun

  an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.
• Muller
  Muller

  noun

  Hermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.
• Müller
  Müller

  noun

  Johann Regiomontanus.

muller

¹ American  

[muhl-er] / ˈmʌl ər /

noun

1. an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.

2. any of various mechanical devices for grinding.

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muller ² American  

[muhl-er] / ˈmʌl ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that mulls alcoholic beverages.

2. a container for mulling an alcoholic beverage over a fire.

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Muller ³ American  

[myoo-ler, muhl-er, mil-] / ˈmju lər, ˈmʌl ər, ˈmɪl- /

noun

1. Hermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.

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Müller ⁴ American  

[muhl-er, my-luhr] / ˈmʌl ər, ˈmü lər /

noun

1. Johann Regiomontanus.

2. Johannes Peter 1801–58, German physiologist and comparative anatomist.

3. K. Alex Karl Alexander Müller, 1927–2023, Swiss physicist who, with J. Georg Bednorz, discovered superconductivity in ceramic materials: shared Nobel Prize in Physics 1987.

4. Max Friedrich Max Müller, 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.

5. Wilhelm Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller, 1794–1827, German lyric poet noted for poems that became the basis of works by Franz Schubert and other composers.

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Müller ¹ British  

/ ˈmylər /

noun

1. Friedrich Max (ˈfriːdrɪç maks). 1823–1900, British Sanskrit scholar born in Germany

2. Johann (joˈhan). See Regiomontanus

3. Johannes Peter (joˈhanəs ˈpeːtər). 1801–58, German physiologist, anatomist, and experimental psychologist

4. Paul Hermann (paul ˈhɛrman). 1899–1965, Swiss chemist. He synthesized DDT (1939) and discovered its use as an insecticide: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1948

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Muller ² British  

/ ˈmʌlə /

noun

1. Hermann Joseph. 1890–1967, US geneticist, noted for his work on the transmutation of genes by X-rays: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1946

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muller ³ British  

/ ˈmʌlə /

noun

1. a flat heavy implement of stone or iron used to grind material against a slab of stone

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Etymology

Origin of muller¹

1375–1425; late Middle English molour; see mull ⁴, -or ², -er ¹

Origin of muller²

First recorded in 1855–60; mull ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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But muller does not refer to the player Gerd Muller, however much he stands out in the unfinished story of the great game that is England v Germany.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2014

You're never going to make decent wine from muller or Bacchus.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2013

The ingredients are ground with a muller on a porphyry slab and then made into balls, which are preserved in a moist atmosphere in the form of paste.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho

On each arm of this bar is attached by a chain a large flat stone or muller, weighing from three hundred to five hundred pounds.

From Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining by John S. (John Shertzer) Hittell

Muller made from a small piece of hematite, used as source at once and muller of pottery paint.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by James Stevenson

A single reactor will generate just 15 megawatts, enough to power about 12,000 homes, but Muller envisions an array of 100 or more, providing more than a gigawatt, enough for a data center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The 30-year-old becomes only the fourth men's player to win the World Cup, Euros, Champions League and Ballon d'Or, joining legends Gerd Muller, Franz Beckenbauer and Zinedine Zidane.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

In 2010, Villa also scored five to finish as joint top scorer with Uruguay's Diego Forlan, Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands and Germany's Thomas Muller.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Not since Gerd Muller, a West German striker nicknamed Der Bomber, banged in 10 goals at the 1970 World Cup has anyone even reached double figures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Muller was catapulted into international fame by his discovery.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It was Kane’s sixth goal of the tournament and his 14th in World Cup history, tying him with Thomas Müller for fifth place on the all-time men’s World Cup scoring list.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

The root problem, Müller said, is that Germans equate money to safety, and the thought of parting with it leaves people paralyzed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Müller has people write down family histories with money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The German playwright Heiner Müller once warned that you will not understand what Wilson was up to when you see his work.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

We are just the right people for that;—Kat, Albert, Müller, Tjaden, Detering, our whole gang is there.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque