The days are gradually shortening.
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Shortening
Synonyms for "shortening" (60 found)
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Strong matches (18)
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3 entriesform of
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2 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- скъсяване noun (reduction in length)
- съкращаване noun (reduction in length)
Catalan
2 entries- escurçada noun (reduction in length)
- escurçament noun (reduction in length)
Esperanto
2 entries- vegetalino noun (solid fat)
- vegetaĵa graso noun (solid fat)
Finnish
3 entries- leivontarasva noun (solid fat)
- lyheneminen noun (reduction in length)
- lyhentäminen noun (reduction in length)
French
3 entries- graisse alimentaire noun (solid fat)
- raccourcissement noun (reduction in length)
- raccourcissements noun (reduction in length)
German
4 entries- Backfett noun (solid fat)
- Kürzen noun (reduction in length)
- Kürzung noun (reduction in length)
- Pflanzenfett noun (solid fat)
Greek
3 entries- βράχυνση noun (reduction in length)
- κόντεμα noun (reduction in length)
- σύμπτυξη noun (reduction in length)
Hungarian
4 entries- főzőmargarin noun (solid fat)
- margarin noun (solid fat)
- növényi zsír/zsiradék noun (solid fat)
- rövidítés noun (reduction in length)
Indonesian
3 entries- lemak reroti noun (solid fat)
- mentega putih noun (solid fat)
- pemendekan noun (reduction in length)
Italian
1 entries- accorciatura noun (reduction in length)
Japanese
1 entries- 短縮 noun (reduction in length)
Marathi
1 entries- मोहन noun (reduction in length)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- abbreviasjon noun (reduction in length)
- forkortning noun (reduction in length)
Portuguese
1 entries- encurtamento noun (reduction in length)
Russian
1 entries- сокраще́ние noun (reduction in length)
Spanish
1 entries- acortamiento noun (reduction in length)
Swedish
2 entries- but see fast matfett noun (solid fat)
- förkortning noun (reduction in length)
Yiddish
2 entries- באַקפֿעטס noun (solid fat)
- געשמילץ noun (solid fat)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
This plum tart is to be made with shortening.
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The whole secret in prolonging his life lay in not shortening it.
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I daub the venison with shortening.
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