shortenings Sentence Examples
- The abbreviation "Mgr."
- is a shortening of the Latin word "Monsignor."
- The shortening "wk" is often used in place of the word "week."
- "Dr." is a shortening of the Latin word "Doctor."
- The shortening "approx."
- means "approximately."
- The shortening "et al."
- is used to indicate "and others" in a citation.
- The shortening "ie."
- or "i.e."
shortenings Meaning
shortenings
a fat (as butter or lard) used in baking especially to make pastry flaky or crumbly, the dropping of the latter part of a word so as to produce a new and shorter word of the same meaning, a making or becoming short or shorter, an edible fat used to shorten baked goods, the action or process of making or becoming short
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FAQs About the word shortenings
a fat (as butter or lard) used in baking especially to make pastry flaky or crumbly, the dropping of the latter part of a word so as to produce a new and shorte
curtailments, abridgments, compendia, condensations, abridgements,abbreviations, compendiums, abstracts, summae, résumés
expansions, enlargements, amplifications,supplements, addenda,addendums
The abbreviation "Mgr."
is a shortening of the Latin word "Monsignor."
The shortening "wk" is often used in place of the word "week."
"Dr." is a shortening of the Latin word "Doctor."
