Associations to the word «Extender»

Wiktionary

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats