shortening

1. Fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods (synset 107688432)
   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
2. Act of decreasing in length (synset 100359757)
   "the dress needs shortening"
   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

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