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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying..
Use shortening when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shortening means (US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include extension, lengthening.
Use shortening where its definition matches the intended context.
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