shortening

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NounEdit

shortening ‎(plural shortenings)

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

TranslationsEdit

act of shortening

• French: raccourcissement (fr) m, raccourcissements (fr) m pl
• Italian: accorciatura f

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

VerbEdit

shortening

1. present participle of shorten