strengthener meaning

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strengthener (noun): a device designed to provide additional strength.

Definition of strengthener

  1. 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

    Synonyms: reinforcement

    Type of: device

    Kinds: backing, brace, safety arch

    Related forms: strengthen

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with ST · words ending in ER · 12-letter words

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