strengthener
- noun
- /ˈstrɛŋθənər/
- Specialized
- Then strengtheners encase the matrix.
- nail strengthener
- back strengthener
Better click on is a skin barrier function strengthener.
- Better click on is a skin barrier function strengthener.
Examples
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I pressed the strengthener button.
Fiction book (2000) -
It was a great strengthener.
Blog text (19) -
I had a general question regarding what aspect of an answer choice in this question makes it a valid strengthener/weakener.
Blog text (3) -
I'm going to add a linen little strengthener here between these two halves to kind of bridge that gap.
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Specifically, can a valid strengthener/weakener merely address the conclusion and not the reasoning?
Blog text (3) -
Self-strengtheners in the late 1800s stressed military projects and the introduction of Western technology.
Academic text (1991) -
But don't label it as something that is the holy grail or the primary strengthener.
Blog text (20) -
Preferably instead, paint a nice brush for hair along with regards to soaking and offering quite a bit of strengthener as well as shampoo.
Blog text (30) -
I used to be very apprehensive about adage (slow movement and routine in the middle of the floor) when I returned to ballet, but now it's fun and a great core strengthener, and you get to do things without a barre in your way!
Blog text (4) -
He used a rubber strengthener to support the wooden beam during the renovation.
Synonyms
A thing that holds up weight, like a pillar
Extra material added to make something stronger or support it
A device or material that keeps something steady, for example a tripod
A part that holds something and keeps it upright, like columns or a skeleton
A material that makes something stronger and stops it bending
A support added to a frame to keep it steady
A person or substance that makes something stronger and more useful
Antonyms
How Supportive
Surface Forms
Morphology
strengthener = strengthen (transparent) = strength + en + er
Formed by adding '-er' to the verb 'strengthen' (which itself is 'strength' + '-en'); the agent/instrument meaning is directly inferable.
Etymology
Strengthener is built from strength, from the word strong, plus the endings -en meaning 'make' and -er meaning 'something that' or 'one who'. So, a strengthener is something that 'makes strong' or gives extra support and strength.