shortenings
Words made briefer
Shortenings are fats used in baking to make pastry tender and flaky by "shortening" the gluten strands in dough.
Vegetable shortening—solid white fat like Crisco—is the most common type, though butter and lard also function as shortenings.
The term also means abbreviated forms: Shortenings like "info" and "app" have become standard.
Clarified pork fat
- butterSolid fat from cream
- suetHard animal fat
- drippingRendered cooking fat
- margarineVegetable oil spread
Crisco · pastry · flaky · biscuits · lamination · baking · tenderizer · fat
Word made from initials
- initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
- truncationCutting something shorter
- contractionReduction in size
- clippingPiece cut out
ellipsis · shorthand · reduction · syncope · compression · curtailment · brevity · conciseness
Informal substitute names
- diminutivesWords implying smallness or affection
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- contractionsShortened word forms
abbrevs · vernacular · lingo · truncations
Abbreviated lower garments
- caprisCropped casual trousers
- culottesBifurcated knee-length garment
- bermudasKnee-length casual legwear
- hotpantsUltra-brief tight shorts
boardshorts · pedal-pushers · clamdiggers · highwaters · shrug · bolero · cutoffs · mini
lard
Clarified pork fat
margarine · Crisco · pastry · flaky · biscuits · lamination · baking · tenderizer · fat · rendering
acronym
Word made from initials
- initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
- truncationCutting something shorter
- contractionReduction in size
clipping · ellipsis · shorthand · reduction · syncope · compression · curtailment · brevity · conciseness · mnemonic
nicknames
Informal substitute names
- diminutivesWords implying smallness or affection
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
contractions · abbrevs · vernacular · lingo · truncations
shorts
Abbreviated lower garments
- caprisCropped casual trousers
- culottesBifurcated knee-length garment
- bermudasKnee-length casual legwear
hotpants · boardshorts · pedal-pushers · clamdiggers · highwaters · shrug · bolero · cutoffs · mini · boyshorts
shorteningsexpansions
Increases in size
elaborations · extensions · amplifications · augmentations · paddings
shorteningsextensions
Additions that lengthen
lengthenings · expansions · elongations · stretches · augmentations