All shortening synonyms

noun shortening

• ghee — a kind of liquid butter, used especially in the cooking of India, made from the milk of cows or buffaloes and clarified by boiling.
• acronym — An acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase, especially when this is used as a name. An example of an acronym is NATO which is made up of the first letters of the 'North Atlantic Treaty Organization'.
• condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
• narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• lard — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
• abbreviation — An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
• abridgement — a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
• deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
• oleo — margarine.
• curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
• margarine — a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk.
• butter — Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking.
• contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.