Definitions For Contractionary
noun
- The act or process of making something smaller or of becoming smaller
- A movement of a muscle that causes it to become tight and that is sometimes painful ; especially : a movement of muscles in the womb when a woman is giving birth to a child
- A short form of a word or word group that is made by leaving out a sound or letter
Is Contractionary a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
NO
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
NO
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
NO
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
24
The word Contractionary is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Contractionary in a Sentence
- The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.
- Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.
- She felt contractions every two minutes.