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shortener

noun
/ˈʃɔɹtənɚ/US/ˈʃɔːtənə/UK

Etymology

From shorten + -er.

  1. inherited from *skurtōną✻ — “to shorten”
  2. inherited from sċortian — “to become short”
  3. inherited from schorten — “to make short, shorten”
  4. inherited from shortnen
  5. suffixed as shortener — “shorten + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, shortens.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA