shortening
noun
butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
shortenings
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pluralof shortening.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Fats and shortenings are absolutely critical to pies,” says Ernest Miller, research and development chef at Coast Packing Co., a major supplier of animal fats and shortenings for cooking, baking and frying based in Vernon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2017
Anna Wierzbicka, a linguistics professor at the Australian National University, has said the country’s love affair with such shortenings reflects cherished ideals like “mateship,” humor, informality and a dislike for “long words.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2017
“You must like to decipher lousy handwriting, shortenings and a text without punctuation. You have to know the vocabulary of the 19th century,” Kutzer said.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2017
But the Food and Drug Administration had just threatened action against manufacturers who label shortenings and cooking oils as polyunsaturated, thus implying that they are good for the heart and arteries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tyranny constrains the writer to shortenings of diameter which are increases of strength.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike
