[ˈbɛndə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an object or person that bends something
(e.g: a metal bender)

- a wild drinking spree
(e.g: he went off on a self-destructive bender)

- a shelter made by covering a framework of bent branches with canvas or tarpaulin
(e.g: we lived underneath this bender we built in the woods)

- a gay man


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (denoting instruments such as pliers, for bending things): from bend + -er