Contraction | Mean of contraction in English Dictionary

/kənˈtrækʃən/

• Noun
• the act or process of making something smaller or of becoming smaller
1. The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.
2. Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.
• a movement of a muscle that causes it to become tight and that is sometimes painful
• a movement of muscles in the womb when a woman is giving birth to a child
1. She felt contractions every two minutes.

• a short form of a word or word group that is made by leaving out a sound or letter
1. The word “don't” is a contraction of “do not.”