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.

Antonyms for Contractionary

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