English Online Dictionary. What means shorter? What does shorter mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔɹtɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːtə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: short‧er
Adjective
shorter
- comparative form of short: more short.
Related terms
- shortest
Translations
Noun
shorter (plural shorters)
- (colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) One who makes a dishonest profit by clipping and filing coins.
Anagrams
- Rothers, rethors, rhetors, rothers