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Definition of Shortener
1. Noun. Any agent that shortens. "Alcohol is a great shortener of life"
Definition of Shortener
1. n. One who, or that which, shortens.
Definition of Shortener
1. Noun. One who, or that which, shortens. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shortener
1. one that shortens [n -S] - See also: shortens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortener
Literary usage of Shortener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lake and Stream Game Fishing: A Practical Book on the Popular Fresh-water by Carroll Blaine Cook (1917)
"A mighty good thing for the rod is to use a steel rod shortener, which gives you
a dandy trolling rod at a cost of about 20 cents. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1871)
"... the voice when uttered in a very loud tone, or in singing the higher registers,
in both sexes. Then its character as a levator or shortener is exerted. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1855)
"... but we rarely speak of over-eating as a serious or frequent shortener of life.
Yet the food they eat causes to mankind at large more sleepless nights, ..."
4. An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction by William Adolphus Wheeler (1865)
"[It-, the shortener;—so called from its being used to cut off heads.] 1. The sword
of Ogier the Dane. 2. The sword of Edward the Confessor, which is borne ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Languageby Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... (ab-sent'-ment) ni Th» act of absenting, or state of beim* absent.
ABRIDGER, (a-brid'-jer) „. ,. He that abridges ; a shortener ; a writer of com- ..."
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