SHORTENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shortener mean? 

• SHORTENER (noun)
  The noun SHORTENER has 1 sense:

1. any agent that shortens

  Familiarity information: SHORTENER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHORTENER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any agent that shortens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

alcohol is a great shortener of life

Hypernyms ("shortener" is a kind of...):

agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)

Derivation:

shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

shorten (make short or shorter)