SHORTENER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any agent that shortens
   Usage Example(s)
   • alcohol is a great shortener of life
   Hypernyms(s) shortener is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • agent (what does agent mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   • abridge (what does abridge mean?)
   • foreshorten (what does foreshorten mean?)
   • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • contract (what does contract mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   • shorten (what does shorten mean?)