shortening
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
shortening (countable and uncountable, plural shortenings)
- (US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust pastry.
- verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
- Antonyms: extension, lengthening
TranslationsEdit
solid fat
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reduction in length
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VerbEdit
shortening
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English shortening.
NounEdit
shortening n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
declension of shortening (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) shortening | shorteningul |
genitive/dative | (unui) shortening | shorteningului |
vocative | shorteningule |