Definitions for müllerˈmʌl ər

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

mul•lerˈmʌl ər(n.)

an implement of stone or other substance with a flat base for grinding paints, powders, etc., on a slab of stone or the like.

Origin of muller:

1375–1425

Mül•lerˈmyu lər, ˈmʌl ər(n.)

Friedrich Max, 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist, born in Germany.
Category: Biography

Princeton's WordNet

Muller, Paul Hermann Muller(noun)
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
Muller, Karl Alex Muller(noun)
Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927)
Muller, Johannes Peter Muller(noun)
German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858)
Muller, Johann Muller, Regiomontanus(noun)
German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476)
Muller, Max Muller, Friedrich Max Muller(noun)
British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
Muller, Hermann Joseph Muller(noun)
United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967)
muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator(noun)
a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
pestle, muller, pounder(noun)
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
muller(noun)
a vessel in which wine is mulled

Wiktionary

muller(Noun)
A grinding stone, held in the hand, used especially for preparing paint.
muller(Noun)
A machine that mixes sand and clay for use in metal castings.

Origin: Possibly derived from Gerd Müller, a German footballer, who was known for his blistering shots on goal, sometimes blasting the ball out of the ground, as in “He absolutely mullered it!”.

Webster Dictionary

Muller(noun)
one who, or that which, mulls
Muller(noun)
a vessel in which wine, etc., is mulled over a fire
Muller(noun)
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