From formal English to slang. 2014.
Shortening — is a semisolid fat used in food preparation, especially baked goods, and is so called because it promotes a short or crumbly texture (as in shortbread). The term shortening can be used more broadly to apply to any fat that is used for baking and… … Wikipedia
shortening — s.n. Specie de grăsimi animale sau vegetale de consistenţa unturii folosite în industria alimentară. [pr.: şórtning] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 22.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 SHORTENING [ŞORTNING] s. n. specie de grăsimi animale sau… … Dicționar Român
shortening — ● shortening nom masculin (anglais shortening, matière grasse) Corps gras utilisé dans la fabrication des biscuits pour les rendre croustillants … Encyclopédie Universelle
Shortening — Short en*ing, n. 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shortening — index curtailment, decrease, decrement, deduction (diminution) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
shortening — butter or other fat used in baking, 1796, from shorten make crumbly (1733), from SHORT (Cf. short) in the secondary sense of easily crumbled (early 15c.), which perhaps arose via the notion of having short fibers. This is also the sense behind… … Etymology dictionary
shortening — ► NOUN ▪ fat used for making pastry … English terms dictionary
shortening — [shôrt′ n iŋ, shôrt′niŋ] n. 1. the act of making or becoming short or shorter 2. edible fat, esp. as used to make pastry, etc. crisp or flaky … English World dictionary
shortening — /shawrt ning, shawr tn ing/, n. 1. butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short. 2. Phonet. the act, process, or an instance of making or becoming short. 3. Ling. a. the act or process of dropping one or more syllables from … Universalium
Shortening — Shortenings sind Suspensionen von kristallinen Fetten in Öl oder halbflüssigen Fetten. Der deutsche Handelsname ist ungehärtetes Pflanzenfett . Die festen Fette kommen dabei häufig in der stabilen β Modifikation vor und sind nur zu ca. 1% gelöst … Deutsch Wikipedia
shortening — n. (esp. AE) vegetable shortening * * * [ ʃɔːtnɪŋ] (esp. AE) vegetable shortening … Combinatory dictionary
