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shortenings
 
Noun shortening has 2 senses
  1. shortening - fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
    --1 is a kind of     edible fat
  2. shortening - act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
    --2 is a kind of     decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
    --2 has particulars:
     abbreviation; cut, cutting, cutting off; contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction; truncation
    Derived form: verb shorten3
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