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Meaning of shortening | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. 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.
    US, countable, uncountable
  2. verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
    countable, form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اختصار الإختصار
Bosanski kraćenje краћење
Català escurçada
Čeština zkrácení
Deutsch Backfett kürzen Kürzung Pflanzenfett schrumpfen Schrumpfung stauchen Stauchung verkürzen verkürzend Verkürzung
Ελληνικά βράχυνση κόντεμα σύμπτυξη
Español acortamiento
Suomi leivontarasva lyheneminen lyhennys lyhentäminen lyhentymä lyhentyminen
Français graisse alimentaire raccourcissement raccourcissements
עברית קיצור
हिन्दी संक्षेप
Hrvatski kraćenje краћење
Magyar margarin rövidítés
Bahasa Indonesia korsvet lemak reroti mentega putih pemendekan penyingkatan
Italiano accorciatura
日本語 省略 省約 短縮 縮小
한국어 생략 쇼트닝 약어 준말
Kurdî margarîn
Polski abrewiatura skrót
Português encurtamento
Русский сокраще́ние
Српски kraćenje краћење
Svenska förkortning
ไทย เนยขาว

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

shortening time Shortens Shorter shorteralls Shortess Shortest

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