noun Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny). A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it. A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
noun A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
noun A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
noun A boxer.
adjective Comparative form of buff: more buff.
noun Anything used to isolate or minimize the effect of one thing on another. A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added. Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects. A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them. The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop. An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit. A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another. A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device. A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state. A means, often normally idle inventory, used as a cushion against fluctuations in business, especially in the supply or demand for goods. A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
I keep a savings buffer of three months' worth of living expenses.
noun A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
noun Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.