shorteners

Things that trim

Shorteners are substances that make baked goods tender and crumbly by interfering with gluten development.

Butter, lard, and vegetable shortening are common examples—they "shorten" the long protein strands that would otherwise make dough tough and chewy.

The term also applies to anything that reduces length or duration: URL shorteners, sentence shorteners.

abbreviation

acronym

Word made from initials

initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
contractionReduction in size
truncationCutting something shorter

shorthand · clipping · ellipsis · syncope · blending · backformation · monogram · brevity · conciseness · curtailment

compression

zip

Toothed sliding fastener

gzipUnix compression program
deflateRelease air from
archiveStored historical records

codec · lossless · lossy · algorithm · encode · minify · pack · shrink · optimize · bandwidth

baking

Crisco

Vegetable shortening brand

lardClarified pork fat
butterSolid fat from cream
margarineVegetable oil spread

palm oil · coconut oil · hydrogenated fat · trans fat · pastry · pie crust · flaky · tenderizer · fat · biscuit

url

TinyURL

Link-shortening service

BitlyURL shortening service
redirectSend in new direction
permalinkUnchanging web address

QR code · tracking · click tracking · web address · hyperlink

Opposites

baking function

shortenersleaveners

Substances that lighten dough

tougheners · binding agents

length/size modification

shortenersextenders

Items that add length

lengtheners · stretchers · expanders · elongators · enlargers

Phrases

shortened versionReduced form of original
URL shortenerWeb address abbreviation tool
shortened formCompact textual variant
shortened nameAbbreviated personal identifier
link shortenerTool that shrinks web addresses

Family

shortened, shortener, unshortened

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G