shortening
English
Noun
shortening (countable and uncountable, plural shortenings)
- (US, cooking) 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.
- Antonyms: extension, lengthening
Usage notes
In older texts, the term shortening referred to any fat solid at room temperature, including butter, margarine and lard, but in more recent usage it is usually understood to refer to vegetable shortening.
Derived terms
Translations
solid fat
reduction in length
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English shortening.
Declension
declension of shortening (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) shortening | shorteningul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) shortening | shorteningului |
| vocative | shorteningule | |
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