shortening
noun
- any fat that is solid at room temperature and used to make crumbly pastry and other food products
- make shorter
Wiktionary
noun
- 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.
- verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
verb
- present participle and gerund of shorten