different between shortening vs shrinkage
shortening
English
Noun
shortening (countable and uncountable, plural shortenings)
- (US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, such as margarine or lard (not usually used of butter), used to make shortcrust pastry.
- verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
- Antonyms: extension, lengthening
Translations
Verb
shortening
- present participle of shorten
Anagrams
- Heringtons
shortening From the web:
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- what shortening to use for melting chocolate
- what shortening is best for pie crust
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- what shortening to use for cookies
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shrinkage
English
Etymology
shrink +? -age
Pronunciation
Noun
shrinkage (countable and uncountable, plural shrinkages)
- The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
- The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
- (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
- 1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
- Do women know about shrinkage?
- 2006 Steve Gerali, Teenage Guys: Exploring Issues Adolescent Guys Face and Strategies to Help Them, Zondervan, p63
- This is why guys experience "shrinkage" after they've been swimming.
- 2008 Anthony William Brownless, Billy's Book for Blokes, Allen & Unwin
- That'll get their blood flowing. ... getting the blood flowing coz just the mere thought of jumping into that icy water was starting to get the shrinkage going.
- 2010 Fran Capo, Art Zuckerman & Susan Zuckerman, "Polar Bear Clubs," It Happened in New York City: Remarkable Events That Shaped History, Globe Pequot, p51
- And of course, one of the most important questions of all, especially among male plungers, is, "What about shrinkage?!"
- 1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
Anagrams
- kashering, reshaking
shrinkage From the web:
- what shrinkage means
- what shrinkage of concrete
- what's shrinkage ratio
- what's shrinkage inventory
- what's shrinkage factor
- what shrinkage limit
- what shrinkage means in accounting
- what shrinkage definition
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