Definition of Shortining

Short"en*ing, n. 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

Short"en*ing, n. 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

(cooking): fat such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil used to make shortcrust pastry.
verbal noun form of shorten.
present participle of shorten.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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