Shortening
Word | SHORTENING |
Character | 10 |
Hyphenation | short en ing |
Pronunciations | N/A |
Definitions and meanings of "Shortening"
What do we mean by shortening?
A fat, such as butter or lard, used to make cake or pastry light or flaky. noun
A shortened form of something, as a word. noun
The act of one that shortens. noun
The act or process of becoming shorter. noun
In cookery, lard, butter, or other substance used to make pastry short or flaky. noun
The act of making or becoming short or shorter. noun
That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc. noun
Solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry. noun
Verbal noun form of shorten. noun
Present participle of shorten. verb
Fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods noun
Act of decreasing in length noun
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To become shorter.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
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