shorteningnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈʃɔː.tən.ɪŋ/us/ˈʃɔːrt.nɪŋ/USa type of solid vegetable oil, or sometimes butter or lard (= fat from animals), that is used in cooking, especially to make pastry soft and crumbly (= easily broken)
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Fats & oils in food & cooking
- argan oil
- bergamot
- butter
- cocoa butter
- corn oil
- dripping
- fat
- ghee
- hydrogenated
- lard
- margarine
- monounsaturated
- oil
- Olestra
- olive oil
- palm oil
- safflower
- unsaturated
- vegetable oil
- virgin
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