BROADENERS Synonyms

• a muscle or nerve that dilates or widens a body part

• a drug that causes dilation

• a surgical instrument that is used to dilate or distend an opening or an organ

• anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

• photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph

• a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)

• a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt

• an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal.

• Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.

• Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.

• Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.

• A runner, or quick-draw. (from sense #2)

• A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".

• a hand tool for spreading something

• a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions

• a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting

• a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it

• a litter for transporting people who are ill or wounded or dead; usually consists of a sheet of canvas stretched between two poles

• a stone that forms the top of wall or building