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; 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

Of pan concentrators there is an enormous selection, the principle in most being similar—i.e., a revolving muller, which triturates the sand, so freeing the tiny golden particles and admitting of their contact with the mercury.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

Lay some of the dry color on your ink-slab, add a very little of the varnish, and mix with the muller.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime

It is often called a muller or millstone.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James