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distender

distender noun: one who, or that which, distends.

Noun

distender (plural distenders)

  1. One who, or that which, distends.
    • Crinoline was fashionable, even in the country, in those days, and ribs of cane were used before the metallic distenders of dresses came in.2005, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms, page 28

Forms of distender

pluraldistenders

Origin of distender

From distend + -er.

Questions about distender

What does distender mean?
Distender means one who, or that which, distends.
What part of speech is distender?
Distender is a noun.
What is the plural of distender?
The plural of distender is distenders.

Words near distender in the dictionary

  1. distempers
  2. distend
  3. distendable
  4. distended
  5. distendedly
  6. distender
  7. distenders
  8. distendest
  9. distendeth
  10. distending
  11. distends

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