shortening

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English

Noun

shortening (countable and uncountable, plural shortenings)

1. (US, cooking) Solid fat, such as margarine, lard or butter, used to make shortcrust pastry.
2. verbal noun of shorten

Antonyms

• extension
• lengthening

Translations

act of shortening

• French: raccourcissement (fr) m, raccourcissements (fr) m pl
• Italian: accorciatura f
• Japanese: 短縮 (ja) (tanshuku)

• Marathi: मोहन (Mohn)
• Russian: сокраще́ние (ru) n (sokraščénije)

Verb

shortening

1. present participle of shorten

Anagrams

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