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strenger |
strengest |
strength |
strengthen |
strengthened |
strengthener
| strengthening
| strengthful
| strengthing
| strengthless
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strengthener
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun strengthener has 1 sense
- strengthener(n = noun.artifact) reinforcement - a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" has particulars: backing, mount, brace, bracing, brace, safety arch
is a kind of device
Derived form verb strengthen1
CIDE DICTIONARY
strengthener, n.
One who, or that which, gives or adds strength. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
strengthener
advocate, alpenstock, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buttress, cane, carrier, cervix, corset, crook, crutch, foundation garment, fulcrum, girdle, guy, guywire, jock, jockstrap, mainstay, maintainer, mast, neck, prop, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, shoulder, shroud, spine, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, support, supporter, sustainer, upholder, walking stick
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