shortening
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
Types & categories
- edible fat hypernym
Sense 2 noun
act of decreasing in length
the dress needs shortening
Types & categories
- reduction hypernym
- abbreviation hyponym
- cutting off hyponym
- contraction hyponym
- truncation hyponym
Related & opposite
- shorten derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | edible fat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shorten |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reduction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abbreviation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cutting off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contraction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | truncation |