shortening Meaning & Definition
What Does Shortening Mean?
As a noun, shortening means Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying. It can also mean verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length. As a verb, it means present participle and gerund of shorten.
Shortening Definition (Noun)
- Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying.
- verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
Shortening as a Verb
- present participle and gerund of shorten
Synonyms of Shortening
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Shortening synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
shortening (countable and uncountable, plural shortenings)
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