shortening

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noun

1. fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
• Hypernyms:
edible fat
2. act of decreasing in length
- the dress needs shortening
• Derivationally related forms:
shorten
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
• Hyponyms:
abbreviation, cut, cutting, cutting off, contraction,
muscular contraction, muscle contraction, truncation