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extender
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ex·tend·er  (k-stndr)
n.
A substance added to another substance to modify, dilute, or adulterate it: meat loaf that contained oatmeal as an extender.

extender [ɪkˈstɛndə]
n
1. a person or thing that extends
2. (Engineering / Chemical Engineering) a substance, such as French chalk or china clay, added to paints to give them body and decrease their rate of settlement
3. (Engineering / Chemical Engineering) a substance added to glues and resins to dilute them or to modify their viscosity
4. (Chemistry) a substance added to elastomers to assist the plasticizer
5. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing the part of certain lower-case letters that extends either above (the ascender) or below (the descender) the body of the letter


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