(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

(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 shortening

plural of shortener

One who, or that which, shortens.

That may be shortened.

A surname.