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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any agent that shortens;
- Example: "alcohol is a great shortener of life"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shortener \Short"en*er\, n.
   One who, or that which, shortens.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shortener
    n 1: any agent that shortens; "alcohol is a great shortener of
         life"