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— English words —

• buffer n. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny).
• buffer adj. Comparative form of buff: more buff.
• buffer n. (Chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.
• buffer n. (Computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external…
• buffer n. Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another.
• buffer n. (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain’s mate.
• buffer v. To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
• buffer v. (Computing) To store data in memory temporarily.
• buffer v. (Chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
• buffer n. (Colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Danish
  • buffer n. (Chemistry) buffer.
• Romansch
  • buffer v. (Puter) to blow.
• Westrobothnian
  • buffer v. Alternative form of bufför.

— English words, defined in French —

• buffer n. (Transport) Tampon, pare-chocs.
• buffer n. (Chemin de fer) (Royaume-Uni) Heurtoir (train buffer stop).
• buffer n. (Informatique) Mémoire tampon, tampon (data buffer).
• buffer n. (Informatique) Tampon d’affichage (display buffer).
• buffer n. (Chimie) Solution stabilisant le pH d’un liquide.
• buffer n. (Technologie des réacteurs nucléaires) Couche poreuse.
• buffer v. Utiliser un tampon pour minimiser les effets de quelque chose.
• buffer v. (Informatique) Stocker temporairement des données dans un tampon.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• buffer s. Tampone.
• buffer s. (Elettronica) (informatica) buffer.

— In Dutch —

• buffer n. (Spoorwegen) elk van de paarsgewijs aan de kopeinden van…
• buffer n. Medium dat in staat is tijdelijke grote vraag in de afvoer…
• buffer n. (Informatica) tijdelijk geheugen in rekenmachines, computers…
• buffer n. (Scheikunde) een waterige oplossing van twee stoffen die…
• buffer n. (Economie) hoeveelheid (geld)middelen dat gebruikt kan worden…
• buffer w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van bufferen.
• buffer w. Gebiedende wijs van bufferen.
• buffer w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van bufferen.

— In French —

• buffer n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) (Architecture des ordinateurs) Mémoire tampon.
• buffer n.m. (Anglicisme) (Électronique) Circuit électronique permettant…
• buffer v. (Régionalisme) Variante de bouffer (souffler).

— In Italian —

• buffer s. (Forestierismo) (elettronica) (informatica) (tecnologia)…

73 English words from 13 English definitions

acid acidity adding Alternative and another Anything aside base before blow boatswain buff buffer buffers buffo buffs Chemistry chief chosen Colloquial Comparative Computing data effect effects elderly external fellow form good good-humoured humoured isolate liquid maintain makes man mate memory minimize more nautical near of␣a often one or␣something polishes portion Puter sent set set␣aside shiny slang slow slow-witted solution Someone something stabilize store temporarily that the thing use used used␣to usually value witted

37 English words from 22 foreign definitions

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69 foreign words from 22 foreign definitions

aan affichage afvoer Anglicisme Bij bouffer bufferen Chemin Chimie Circuit␣électronique Couche Couche␣poreuse de␣fer Economie Eerste Eerste␣persoon électronique elettronica enkelvoud Forestierismo Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs gebruikt geheugen Heurtoir hoeveelheid informatica informatique inversie liquide Mémoire Mémoire␣tampon middelen nucléaires oplossing ordinateurs paarsgewijs pare-chocs permettant persoon poreuse quelque quelque␣chose réacteurs réacteurs␣nucléaires Régionalisme rekenmachines Royaume Royaume-Uni Scheikunde souffler Spoorwegen staat stabilisant stoffen Tampon␣d’affichage Tampone Technologie tecnologia tegenwoordige␣tijd temporairement tijd tijdelijk tweede tweede␣persoon Variante vraag wijs worden

43 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

buffers buffery buffered buffer␣up bufferdom buffering bufferize buffers␣up bufferable bufferbeam buffer␣beam buffered␣up bufferhead bufferized bufferizes buffer␣lass bufferless buffer␣stop bufferzone buffer␣zone bufferbeams buffer␣beams bufferbloat bufferheads buffering␣up bufferizing buffer␣rodeo buffer␣state buffer␣stops bufferzones buffer␣zones bufferbloats bufferedness buffer␣lasses buffer␣rodeos buffer␣states buffer␣overrun buffer␣overflow buffer␣overruns buffer␣solution buffer␣underrun buffer␣overflows buffer␣solutions

28 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

G-buffers z-buffers rebuffers gap␣buffers prebuffers rebuffered unbuffered cryobuffers nonbuffered prebuffered rebuffering framebuffers frame␣buffers prebuffering rebufferings unbufferable autobuffering hit␣the␣buffers immunobuffers multibuffered nonbufferable hits␣the␣buffers multibuffering printer␣buffers stencil␣buffers riparian␣buffers hitting␣the␣buffers volatility␣buffers

15 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

G-buffer z-buffer rebuffer gap␣buffer prebuffer cryobuffer framebuffer frame␣buffer multibuffer immunobuffer printer␣buffer stencil␣buffer circular␣buffer riparian␣buffer volatility␣buffer

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

BUF buff Buff BUFF buffe fer FER f***er UFF

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eff EFF fub ref Ref REF Ref. Reff

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

rebuff

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bluffer buffers buffery buffier buffler G-buffer rebluff rebuffs z-buffer

5 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

befur Bruff buffe Rueff ruffe

16 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

biffer boffer buffed buffes buffet cuffer Cuffer duffer Duffer guffer huffer Huffer luffer puffer ruffer suffer

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

buffe

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

bluffer buffier buffler

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