(US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust pastry.

present participle of shorten

plural of shortening

(transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate. / (intransitive) To become shorter. / (transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).

simple past tense and past participle of shorten

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shorten

plural of shortener

One who, or that which, shortens.

That may be shortened.

A surname.