Anything which slows or stops sound from leaving the room is a good sound suppressant or insulator. Wool, thick lumps of Wood, or several panes of glass separated by an air gap are examples
it absorbs sound well
It doesn't, sound travels faster through wood. The more dense the material the better the sound carries. Because wood is more dense than a gas such as oxygen the sound travles faster through the wood.
Sound travels better through wood than water
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carpets, curtains and wood are best at muffling sound carpets, curtains and wood are best at muffling sound
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The opposite of muffling a sound would be amplifying.
it is when you can not hear anything
the muffling cat pooped in a toilet and peed on the ground
A muffled sound. To muffle means to wrap with something to deaden sound (you know, for example, a girl is kidnapped by a gang and they put a handkerchief on her mouth. When she goes "Mmmph!", that's what muffling sounds like).
Muffling what? Muffling screams in your basement? Soundproofed walls. Muffling somebody's snoring in bed? A sturdy pillow over their face, held firmly, until subject is no longer moving or breathing noticeably.
"Muffling" or "Baffling". To be academic: "Attenuation".
The OO in wood is a short OO sound as in good, could, and foot.
The OO pair in wood has a short OO vowel sound, as in good, foot, and book.
A quiet computer case is one engineered to reduce sound, usually by padding and certain sound muffling panels in the interior. anonymous@oola.com
Some types of wood are, other types are not.