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shortening
noun
short·en·ing ˈshȯrt-niŋ 
ˈshȯr-tᵊn-iŋ
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Stir in milk, sugar, salt, egg, shortening and half of the flour. 
Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 May 2022 Melt 2 tablespoons of the shortening in a large skillet. Lynne Sherwin, cleveland, 21 July 2022 To make the dumplings, mix the dry ingredients, and work in the shortening with a fork until pea-size balls of floury dough start to form. Tim Neville, Outside Online, 8 July 2021 Republic prepares its dough off-site daily with vegetable shortening. Washington Post, 15 June 2022 Butter is reduced or left out in favor of vegetable shortening; water is used instead of milk; and, sometimes, the eggs are skipped entirely. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 With the mixer running on low, slowly add the confectioners’ sugar, the shortening, the milk and the vanilla. New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 Here, vegetable shortening, not butter, does the trick. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022 See More
Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 May 2022 Melt 2 tablespoons of the shortening in a large skillet. Lynne Sherwin, cleveland, 21 July 2022 To make the dumplings, mix the dry ingredients, and work in the shortening with a fork until pea-size balls of floury dough start to form. Tim Neville, Outside Online, 8 July 2021 Republic prepares its dough off-site daily with vegetable shortening. Washington Post, 15 June 2022 Butter is reduced or left out in favor of vegetable shortening; water is used instead of milk; and, sometimes, the eggs are skipped entirely. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 With the mixer running on low, slowly add the confectioners’ sugar, the shortening, the milk and the vanilla. New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 Here, vegetable shortening, not butter, does the trick. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 The shortening helps make the cake especially lofty and tender. Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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