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widener

widener noun: any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.

Noun

widener (plural wideners)

  1. Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.

Proper noun capitalized: Widener

Widener (countable and uncountable, plural Wideners)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States.

Forms of widener

Noun
pluralwideners
Proper noun
pluralWideners

Origin of widener

From widen + -er.

Questions about widener

What does widener mean?
Widener means any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.
What part of speech is widener?
Widener can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of widener?
The plural of widener is wideners.

Words near widener in the dictionary

  1. widen up
  2. widenable
  3. widened
  4. widened someone's horizons
  5. widened up
  6. widener
  7. wideners
  8. wideness
  9. widenesses
  10. widenest
  11. wideneth

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