Lexic.us

Definition of Shortening

1. Noun. Fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods.

2. Noun. Act of decreasing in length. "The dress needs shortening"

Definition of Shortening

1. n. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

Definition of Shortening

1. Noun. (cooking) Solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry. ¹

2. Noun. (non-gloss definition Verbal noun form of shorten.) ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of shorten) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shortening

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortening

shortcoming shortcomings shortcrust shortcrust pastry shortcut shortcut key shortcut keys shortcuts shortcutting shorted

shorten shortenable shortened shortener shorteners shortening (current term) shortening reaction shortenings shortens shorter

shorter-lived shorter-term shortest shortest-lived shortest-term shortfall shortfalling shortfallings shortfalls shortfin

Literary usage of Shortening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"lu analyzing the cases we find that the average shortening in all 50 cases is £ of an inch. The average shortening before treatment, so far as given, ..."

2. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"The shortening of a long vowel before final -Í was perhaps slightly earlier than before final -r. It is indeed not found in Plautus, except where the Brevis ..."

3. Structural Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1913)
"RELATIVE shortening AND ELONGATION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST BY FAULTING Detailed studies of actual fault displacements are so few and far between that little ..."

4. Structural Geology by Charles Kenneth Leith (1913)
"RELATIVE shortening AND ELONGATION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST BY FAULTING Detailed studies of actual fault displacements are so few and far between that little ..."

5. A Manual for the Practice of Surgery by Thomas Bryant (1881)
"The " test line" CB for fracture or shortening of the neck, ... The ilio.femoral rectangle AC B. CD teat line for fracture or shortening of the nock of the ..."

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