lengthener
English
Etymology
lengthen + -er
Noun
lengthener (plural lengtheners)
- A person or thing that lengthens something
- This exercise is a great leg lengthener.
- I went to the store to get some eyelash lengtheners.
- 1877, George Edwin Waring, Waring's Book of the Farm, page 325:
- RYE is the great lengthener of the seasons.
Synonyms
- extender
Coordinate terms
- shortener
Anagrams
- relengthen