Entry Word: extension

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the act of making longer <the boardʼs extension of the school year drew howls of protest>

Synonyms drawing out, elongation, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching

Antonyms abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

2 a smaller structure added to a main building <the new extension will connect the house with what is now a freestanding garage> — see annex