Synonyms for Shortening

Synonyms for "shortening" (98 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Noun(13 words)

abbreviate abbreviating abbreviation abbreviations abridge abridgement abridgements abridging abridgment abridgmentsbaking fatcer clip

abridgment abstract astringency attrition bottleneck cervix circumscription

Related words (49)

epitome extraction hourglass impairment isthmus knitting lard lessening narrowing neck oil precis puckering recap recapitulation remission retraction retrenchment shrinkage solidification

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strangulation stricture summary summation syncope synopsis systole

Noun(22 words)

excerpting fat fl foreshortening grease greasesheight dropmechanical contractionmuscle contractionmuscle contractionsoversimplification pare pruning reduction removing shortenshortening fatsimplification trim truncate

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truncating truncation

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

assembly adjustmentcondensation decrease diminutionedible fateditingfood additiveingredientlanguage changelinguistic processmodification process reduction step-downtext processing

More specific

16 entries

abbreviate abbreviation abridge abridgement clip clipping compression condense contraction lard pare tallow trim truncate truncationvegetable shortening

Collocations

10 entries

baking shorteningpalm shorteningshortening agentshortening algorithmshortening factorshortening operationshortening processshortening rateshortening timevegetable shortening

Inflections

3 entries

shortened shortenings shortens

Derivations

3 entries

shorten shortened shortener

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The days are gradually shortening.

Source: tatoeba (281042)

This plum tart is to be made with shortening.

Source: tatoeba (2047754)

The whole secret in prolonging his life lay in not shortening it.

Source: tatoeba (4325087)

I daub the venison with shortening.

Source: tatoeba (10522490)

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