Definition of "contr" []

• An abbreviation of contracted and contraction. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He and your readers, if they appreciate the French language, will realize that slips of the tongue in the English language are laughably unfunny to the French who speak the only language in the world that lends itself so beautifully to what they call a contrèpeterie."
• "The French appellation contr ô ll é e system, which came into being in the 1930s to codify hundreds of years of regional practice, is based on the idea that wines should uniquely reflect their place of origin, and Mr. Joly is a fierce defender of this idea."
• "It manages a fleet of half a million containers, primarily under long-term contr acts to shippers."