"shortening" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: edible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
is a type of: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down - the act of decreasing or reducing something
subtypes:
- abbreviation - shortening something by omitting parts of it
- cut, cutting, cutting off - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
- truncation - the act of cutting short