ABBREVIATORY


Meaning of ABBREVIATORY in English

/euh bree"vee euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.

serving to abbreviate or shorten: "IA" is an abbreviatory form of "Iowa."

[ 1840-50; ABBREVIATE + -ORY 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .