Definition of "extender" []

• A substance added to another substance to modify, dilute, or adulterate it: meat loaf that contained oatmeal as an extender. (noun)

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• "He ran his shower-curtain extender invention, the Shower Bow, through it recently."
• "The following is how my extender is coded, followed by the GetSlides routine."
• "Social-services agencies, which typically depend on government funding for 50% to 90% of their revenue, say this is the first time the state budget has been late that the governor hasn't included funding to nonprofits in any so-called extender bills, or emergency appropriations."