Definition of Strengthener

1. Noun. A device designed to provide additional strength. "He used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"

Exact synonyms: Reinforcement
Specialized synonyms: Backing, Mount, Brace, Bracing, Brace, Safety Arch
Generic synonyms: Device
Derivative terms: Reinforce, Strengthen

Definition of Strengthener

1. n. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.

Definition of Strengthener

1. Noun. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strengthener

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strengthener

streit
strelitz
strelitzia
strelitzia family
strelitzias
strelkinite
strene
strenes
strengite
strength
strength training
strengthed
strengthen
strengthenable
strengthened
strengthener (current term)
strengtheners
strengthenest
strengtheneth
strengthening
strengtheningly
strengthenings
strengthens
strengthful
strengthfulness
strengthier
strengthiest
strengthing
strengthless
strengthlessness

Literary usage of Strengthener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1892)
"New Form of strengthener for Vulcanite Cases. WE have received from the Dental Manufacturing Company some new and artistic forms of strengtheners for ..."

2. Modern cycles: a practical handbook on their construction and repair by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1897)
"... which can be sprung together and inserted into the said tube, wherein they will expand and hold the cap in position FIG. 135. Fork strengthener. ..."

3. Mechanical Dentistry: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the by Charles Hunter (1882)
"A strengthener nearly as large as the main plate should be soldered on the ... A narrow strengthener, on the other hand, should be soldered on the inside or ..."

4. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1917)
"The strengthener may be in the form of a doubler or wire. The wire strengthener may serve as a finisher, while the finisher is always a strengthener. ..."

5. A Manual of Dental Prosthetics by George Henry Wilson (1920)
"The strengthener may be in the form of a doubler or wire. The wire strengthener may serve as a finisher, while the finisher is always a strengthener. ..."

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