retainer
(re-tain-er)
3 syllables
Definition
noun. 1 a dental appliance that holds teeth or a prosthesis in position after orthodontic treatment; 2 a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
Example Sentence
I wore my retainer to school today. OR I paid the lawyer a retainer fee.
Synonyms
dental appliance; partial payment; deposit
Antonyms
foot cast
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Rhymes
- aigner
- brainer
- braner
- breighner
- caner
- craner
- cranor
- daner
- drainer
- feighner
- gainer
- gainor
- gayner
- gaynor
- graner
- hainer
- haner
- hayner
- kainer
- kaner
- klejna
- kraner
- mainer
- mainor
- maner
- mayner
- maynor
- painter
- plainer
- planar
- planer
- rainer
- rayner
- raynor
- saner
- schaner
- shaner
- stayner
- tainer
- trainer
- trainor
- traynor
- wainer
- waner
- campaigner
- complainer
- container
- nonplanar
- retainer
- entertainer