(chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid.

A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it. / A machine for polishing shoes and boots.

(colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.

To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another. / (computing) To store data in memory temporarily.

(computing) A hardware or software device that stores a stream of data to be printed until a printer is ready to process it.

simple past tense and past participle of buff

A neutral area, between hostile forces, designed to prevent hostilities. / (US) A transitional area between areas of different land use.

Using a buffer. / (chemistry) Dissolved in a buffer solution.

(chemistry) A solution, containing a buffer, that maintains a relatively constant pH

plural of buffer overflow