"lengthener" meaning in English

See lengthener in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: lengtheners [plural]
Etymology: From lengthen + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lengthen|er}} lengthen + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} lengthener (plural lengtheners)
  1. A person or thing that lengthens something Synonyms: extender Coordinate_terms: shortener

Inflected forms

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          "text": "This exercise is a great leg lengthener.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I went to the store to get some eyelash lengtheners.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1877, George Edwin Waring, Waring's Book of the Farm, page 325:",
          "text": "RYE is the great lengthener of the seasons.",
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