mull·er /ˈmʌlɚ/
磨杵,粉碎機,研磨機
Mull·er, n. 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.
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Mull·er n.
1. One who, or that which, mulls.
2. A vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire.
Muller
n 1: Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as
an insecticide (1899-1965) [syn: Paul Hermann Muller]
2: Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
[syn: Karl Alex Muller]
3: German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) [syn: Johannes
Peter Muller]
4: German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) [syn: Johann
Muller, Regiomontanus]
5: British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in
Sanskrit (1823-1900) [syn: Max Muller, Friedrich Max
Muller]
6: United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays
on genes (1890-1967) [syn: Hermann Joseph Muller]
7: a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
[syn: muser, ponderer, ruminator]
8: 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 [syn: pestle,
pounder]
9: a vessel in which wine is mulled