strengthener

Noun
  1. A device designed to provide additional strength (synset 104343172)
    "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
    is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: reinforcement

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