Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shortening

/ʃˈɔɹtənɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables
short-en-ing
IPA
/ʃˈɔɹtənɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of shorten

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

shortenings (plural)

Phrases

iambic shortening shortening time stretch shortening cycle vegetable shortening

Antonyms

extension lengthening

Questions

How do you pronounce shortening?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈɔɹtənɪŋ/.
What does shortening mean?
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.

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