widener

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noun

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

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Meanings

widener1

nounwidener (plural wideners)

plural wideners

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

Widener2

proper nounWidener (countable and uncountable, plural Wideners)

plural Wideners

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

Origin

From widen + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

WeidnerRedwinerewidenweirdenWierden
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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