distender

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noun

One who, or that which, distends.

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Meanings

noundistender (plural distenders)

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

Origin

From distend + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

redistend
Cite this entry
APA

distender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distender

MLA

“distender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distender. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “distender,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/distender.

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