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1 shortening
N1. चरबीMy mother asked me to purchase some shortening from the market.
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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 time — A court order allowing a motion or other legal matter to be set at a time shorter than provided by law or court rules. Shortening time is usually granted when the time for trial or some other court action is approaching and a hearing must be… … Law dictionary
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 of time — index acceleration 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