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    [Noun]  | "buff*er" | \ ˈbə-fər \


    1: any of various devices or pieces of material for reducing shock or damage due to contact

    2: a means or device used as a cushion against the shock of fluctuations in business or financial activity

    3: something that serves as a protective barrier: such as


    Origin: 1835 ;

     Buff, verb, to react like a soft body when struck;

    [Noun]  | "buffer" 


    1: someone or something that buffs; especially : a machine that cleans and polishes


    Origin: 1854 ;

    [Noun]  | "buffer" 


    1: fellow, man; especially : an old man


    Origin: 1749 ;

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    [Noun]  | "buffer state" 


    1: a usually neutral state lying between two larger potentially rival powers


    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Noun]  | "buffer zone" 


    1: a neutral area separating conflicting forces; broadly : an area designed to separate


    Origin: 1908 ;

    [Verb]  | "buffer" 


    1: to lessen the shock of : cushion

    2: to treat (something, such as an acid solution) with a buffer; also : to prepare (aspirin) with an antacid

    3: to collect (data) in a buffer


    Origin: 1845 ;

    [Noun]  | "buffer" 


    1: one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement;


      * e.g., " ... it took a friend serving as a buffer between the feuding siblings to get them to speak to one another again "



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    2: something that serves as a protective barrier;


      * e.g., " ... the excelsior acts as an additional buffer for the marble bust during shipping "



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    [Verb]  | "buffer" 


    1: to lessen the shock of;


      * e.g., " ... during my walk an umbrella and thick coat buffered the freezing rain "



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