NOUN | artifact | strengthener, reinforcement | a device designed to provide additional strength |
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Meaning | A device designed to provide additional strength. | |
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Example | "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener" | |
Synonym | reinforcement | |
Narrower | backing, mount | Something forming a back that is added for strengthening |
brace, bracing | A structural member used to stiffen a framework | |
brace | A support that steadies or strengthens something else | |
safety arch | An undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction | |
Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
Verbs | strengthen | make strong or stronger |
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