shortening

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
noun act of decreasing in length
verb make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

[A10-56] The shortening of the barrel had no functional value, except to facilitate concealment. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
[426] Then follows a limitation of child labour, the abolition of Sunday toil, and a shortening of the hours of labour. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
With the dropping of the leaves, and the shortening of the dreary days, the shadow of a fear fell over the land. — Further Chronicles of Avonlea, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

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