CONTRACTING

11 letters 16 Scrabble points

Definition of CONTRACTING

verb
  1. To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

    "The snail's body contracted into its shell."

  2. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

    "The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."

  3. To enter into a contract with.

noun
  1. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.

    "the contractings of his muscles"

  2. Work done on a contract basis.

adjective
  1. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C O N T R A C T I N G
Length 11 letters
Scrabble Score 16 points

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