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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-] / ˈmyu 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

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 scribe rubbed down his colours on a stone slab with a small stone muller.

From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

Lastly, the oil is ground with a sufficient pigment on a stone by means of a muller.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by Ford, J. Sawtelle

Every time he ground with the muller on the slab a fresh supply of vermilion and chrome yellow, there was a fresh flare up of the conflagration, another outburst of applause from the little boy.

From Holman Hunt Masterpieces in Colour by Coleridge, Mary E.