- vegetable shortening
- n. cooking solid fat made from hydrogenated vegetable oils
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
vegetable shortening
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vegetable — {{11}}vegetable (adj.) c.1400, living and growing as a plant, from O.Fr. vegetable living, fit to live, from M.L. vegetabilis growing, flourishing, from L.L. vegetabilis animating, enlivening, from L. vegetare to enliven, from vegetus vigorous,… … Etymology dictionary
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shortening — short|en|ing [ˈʃo:tnıŋ US ˈʃo:rt ] n [U] fat made from vegetable oil that you mix with flour when making ↑pastry … Dictionary of contemporary English
