Extender

Origin

extend + -er

Full definition of extender

Noun

1. Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
2. Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
3. Any substance added to meat to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.Soy protein is used as a meat extender.
4. (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw. (from sense #2)
5. (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".

Derived terms

• DOS extender

Anagrams

• re-extend, reextend, reëxtend