Shortener

//ˈʃɔɹtənɚ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    any agent that shortens wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

From shorten + -er.

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