baffle

1. 1.

   a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

   Synonymsbaffle board

   Broaderplate

   Narrowerdiffuser

Other forms of baffle

plural

baffles·

past tense

baffled·

present participle

baffling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about baffle

What does baffle mean?

baffle means "be a mystery or bewildering to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in baffle?

baffle has 2 syllables: baf-fle. The stress falls on "baf". In IPA it is /ˈbæfəl/.

What is another word for baffle?

Close synonyms include perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baffle a common word?

baffle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.