shortening

Meaning of shortening

verb
  1. To make shorter; to abbreviate.
  2. To become shorter.
  3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
  4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
  5. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
    to shorten an allowance of food
  6. To take in the slack of (a rope).
  7. To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
noun
  1. Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust pastry.
  2. Verbal noun of shorten - a reduction in length.

Information about shortening

  • The plural form of shortening is: shortenings.
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Hyphenation of shortening

short-en-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • shortening is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

shortening antonyms

Meaning :

extend, lengthen, extension, lengthening

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