Defenition of the word shortening

• Defenition of the word shortening

  • act of decreasing in length: "the dress needs shortening"
  • fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
  • act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
  • act of decreasing in length

Hyponyms for the word shortening

• • abbreviation
  • contraction
  • cut
  • cutting
  • cutting off
  • muscle contraction
  • muscular contraction
  • truncation

Hypernyms for the word shortening

• • decrease
  • diminution
  • edible fat
  • reduction
  • step-down

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• • What is displayed
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  • The lexical meaning tag along
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  • The grammatical meaning of the word plow up
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  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word put into
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  • Antonyms for the word plantagenet
  • Homonyms for the word plantations
  • Hyponyms for the word plantation
  • Holonyms for the word cultivator
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  • Translation of the word in other languages planters