buffer

Speech parts

1. buffer - Noun

2. buffer - Adjective

3. buffer - Verb

Meaning

An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.

One who polishes with a buff.

A wheel for buffing; a buff.

A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

soften cushion buffer zone fender guard pilot protection barrier shield absorb cache safeguard dampen buff polisher
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

harden connector girl massacre expose young man
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

device frame zone compound implement framework

Hyponyms

cache frame buffer memory cache keyboard buffer print buffer

Phrases with the word

buffer zone buffer territory borate buffer buffer area buffer system formulation buffer

Anagrams

rebuff

Examples

There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain. James Frey

Canada is either an idea or it does not exist. It is either an intellectual undertaking or it is little more than a resource-rich vacuum lying in the buffer zone just north of a great empire. John Ralston Saul

But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected. Daniel Yergin

When a man embarks on the warriors' path he becomes aware, in a gradual manner, that ordinary life has been left forever behind. The means of the ordinary world are no longer a buffer for him; and he must adopt a new way of life if he is going to survive. Carlos Castaneda

These kind never change. The machine does something to a man. It brutalizes him. It serves as a buffer between himself and his environment and he is the worst for it. It arouses an opportunistic instinct and makes possible a greed that makes a man inhuman. Clifford D. Simak

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war. Toni Morrison

Close letter words and terms

buffel duck buffel grass buffelgrass buffer area buffer beam buffer country