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Word: temper (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A tendency to anger or lose patience easily.
  • State of mind.
  • The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.

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Verb:

  • To heat-treat a material, particularly a metal.
  • To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency
  • To moderate or control.

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