diaphragm

diaphragm is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
2. noun. The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.
3. noun. A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.
4. noun. A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope.
5. noun. A partition in any compartment, for various purposes.
6. noun. a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

   "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"

   Synonyms: stop

7. noun. electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves
8. noun. a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix

   Synonyms: pessary

9. noun. (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

   Synonyms: midriff

Synonyms

stop, pessary, midriff

Common word forms

diaphragms, diaphragmal, diaphragmed, diaphragming

Words from these letters

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