Luisa
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 Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject: silencer |
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Which should be the attribute for "-er" in the case of "silencer"? @producer?
silencer = a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
Definition of -ER
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a : person occupationally connected with <furrier> <lawyer>
b : person or thing belonging to or associated with <header> <old>
c : native of : resident of <cottager> <New>
d : one that has <three>
e : one that produces or yields <porker>
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a : one that does or performs (a specified action) <batter> —sometimes added to both elements of a compound <builder>
b : one that is a suitable object of (a specified action) <broiler>
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: one that is <foreigner> —in all senses -yer in a few words after w, -ier in a few other words, otherwise -er |
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martins
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Joined: 16 Dec 2009
Posts: 1481
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
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| Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:26 pm Post subject: silencer |
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I don't think that silencer can be reduced to silence.@producer. Note
that this would only mean "something that produces silence". In the
definition below, the idea that this is a specific (tubular) device
should be taken into consideration.
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