shortener

/ˈʃɔɹtənɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

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noun

One who, or that which, shortens.

"This is the only place in the OneNote family of apps where you can see Microsoft's link shortener in action. When you click or tap one of the Create buttons, you'll see a Shorten item on the pop-up window that appears; click or tap that button to get a much shorter link to share."

From shorten + -er.

shorteners (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce shortener?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɔɹtənɚ/.

What does shortener mean?

One who, or that which, shortens.

Where does shortener come from?

From shorten + -er.

How to pronounce shortener

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