10 Letter Words for Shortening
shortening
9 Letter Words for Shortening
hgrnotine, inthrones, nitrogens, northings, ringtones
8 Letter Words for Shortening
enthrong, genitors, ghostier, grothine, histogen, horniest, hornings, inhonest, inthrone, inthrong, intoners, neginoth, negroish, negronis, nighters, nitrogen, northing, nosering, nothings, ornithes, rehoning, rightens, ringtone, roseting, sennight, shorting, snorting, sterning, ternions, thinners, thorning, threonin, throeing, throning, tinhorns
7 Letter Words for Shortening
enright, enrings, ergotin, eringos, ethions, ethrogs, genitor, gestion, ghoster, ginners, goiters, gorhens, goriest, gosther, henting, heriots, heroins, hingers, hinters, histone, hogties, hoister, hongies, hornets, horning, hornist, horsing, hosting, ignores, inshore, instore, interns, intoner, intones, introns, negrito, negroni, nesting, nighest, nighter, norgine, norites, northen, noshing, nothing, ogreish, ogtiern, onsight, orients, regions, rehoist, renting, resight, resting, righten, rightos, ringent, rosting, senting, serting, sertion, shingon, shinner, shoeing, shoring, shorten, sighten, sighter, signore, snoring, sorning, sorting, stenion, stinger, stonern, stonier, stoning, storing, tensing, tension, terning, ternion, tersion, thinner, thornen, threnos, thrones, throngs, tigrone, tinhorn, tinners, tongers, tonings, tonners, tonnish, tornesi, toshier, toshing, trigone, trigons, triones
6 Letter Words for Shortening
egoist, egriot, eights, engirt, enhort, enoint, enring, ensign, eoiths, ergots, eringo, erning, estrin, ethion, ethnog, ethnos, ethrog, etrogs, geison, genion, genros, genson, geront, gesith, gestio, gestor, ginner, ginnet, girons, girths, goiest, goiter, goners, gorhen, goshen, goster, greins, greith, griots, grison, griths, groins, grones, groset, groten, heriot, heroin, herons, heting, hieron, hieros, hinger, hinges, hinner, hinter, hister, histon, hoeing, hoenir, hogens, hogtie, honers, honest, hongis, honing, hornet, horste, hosier, hosing, hoster, hostie, ignore, ignote, inerts, ingent, ingest, ingoes, ingots, inners, innest, inogen, insert, inshoe, intens, intern, inters, intone, intron, intros, irones, isogen, negros, neighs, nentsi, nestor, nigers, nigher, nights, ninths, niters, nither, nitons, nitros, noints, noires, nonets, norite, norths, nosher, nosier, nosine, nosing, nosite, noster, noters, nother, noting, onsite, orgies, orient, orites, ornith, ostein, others, region, reigns, renigs, renins, renish, reshot, resigh, resign, resing, rhines, rhinos, rhones, righto, rights, rontes, rosing, roting, senhor, senior, sennit, sering, shiner, shinne, shinto, shrine, shrite, sigher, signer, signet, signon, signor, singer, sinner, sinnet, sinter, sithen, snight, snithe, soigne, soneri, songer, soning, sonnet, sorghe, soring, sorite, sortie, steigh, stenog, sterin, stheno, stinge, stingo, stogie, stonen, stoner, stonne, storge, streng, strine, string, strone, strong, tennis, tennos, tenons, tenors, tenson, tensor, thegns, theins, theirn, theirs, things, thongs, thorns, thring, throes, throne, throng, tigers, tignon, tigons, tinger, tinges, tinner, tiroes, toeing, toners, tonger, tonier, tonies, toning, tonish, tonner, tonnes, tosher, tosing, triens, trigon, trigos, trines, triose, trones
5 Letter Words for Shortening
ehing, eight, engin, enorn, entsi, eoith, eosin, ergon, ergot, ering, eshin, esrog, estro, ethos, etrog, geist, geits, genin, genio, genit, genos, genro, gents, ghest, ghost, giher, girns, giron, giros, girse, girsh, girth, girts, gites, goers, goier, goner, gonne, gores, gorse, gorst, gosht, goter, goths, grein, greit, grens, grins, grint, griot, grist, grith, grits, groin, grone, gront, grote, grots, heirs, heist, hents, herns, heron, hinge, hings, hints, hiren, hires, hirse, hirst, hoers, hogen, hoing, hoise, hoist, honer, hones, hongi, hongs, horns, horse, horst, hosen, hoser, hotei, hoten, hsien, inert, inger, ingot, inner, innet, inone, inorg, inset, instr, inter, intro, iortn, ireos, irone, irons, isort, iters, ither, negro, neigh, neist, neons, nerts, niger, nighs, night, nihon, niner, nines, ninos, ninth, niter, niton, nitos, nitro, nohes, noint, noire, noirs, noise, nones, nonet, nongs, noreg, norge, norie, noris, norit, norse, north, noser, nosig, noter, notes, oenin, ogres, ohing, oints, oners, onset, ornes, ornis, osier, other, regin, regos, reign, reins, reist, renig, renin, rents, resin, resit, retin, rhein, rhies, rhine, rhino, rhone, right, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, riots, risen, rites, rithe, roins, roist, rones, ronin, ronne, ronte, ronts, roset, roshi, rosin, rosit, rosti, rotes, rotge, rotis, segni, segno, sengi, senit, senor, senti, sergt, serin, serio, seron, seton, sheng, shent, shier, shine, shire, shirt, shogi, shone, shore, short, shote, shrog, sient, sieth, sight, singe, singh, sinon, siren, sithe, snirt, snite, snore, snort, soger, soget, soign, sonne, sotie, stegh, stein, steng, steno, steri, stern, stero, stine, sting, stion, stire, stone, stong, stonn, store, strig, tehrs, tenio, tenno, tenon, tenor, tenso, terns, thegn, thein, their, thens, theor, theos, thigs, thine, thing, thins, thisn, thone, thong, thore, thorn, those, throe, tiens, tiers, tiger, tiges, tigon, tines, tinge, tings, tires, toges, toher, toise, toner, tones, tongs, tonne, tores, torse, tries, trigo, trigs, trine, trins, trios, trogs, trois, trone, trons, tsine
4 Letter Words for Shortening
egos, eigh, engr, engs, ento, entr, eons, ergo, ergs, erin, eris, erns, eros, ersh, erst, erth, eths, eton, gein, geir, geit, gens, gent, geos, gers, gest, gets, gien, gies, ginn, gins, gios, gire, girn, giro, girt, gise, gish, gist, gite, gith, gits, goen, goer, goes, gois, gone, gons, gore, gosh, gote, goth, gren, gret, grin, gris, grit, gros, grot, heir, heng, hens, hent, hern, hero, hers, hert, hest, hets, hies, hine, hing, hins, hint, hire, hiro, hisn, hist, hits, hoer, hoes, hogs, hoin, hoit, hone, hong, hons, hont, hore, horn, hors, hort, hose, host, hote, hoti, hots, ingo, inne, inns, inro, inst, into, intr, ions, ires, iron, isnt, isth, iter, negs, nein, neon, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, nies, nigh, nine, niog, nist, nito, nits, noes, nogs, noir, none, nong, nore, nori, norn, nose, nosh, note, nots, ogre, oint, oner, ones, onst, ores, orig, orth, orts, otis, rego, regs, regt, rehs, rein, reit, renn, reno, rent, rest, rets, rgen, rheo, rhet, rhos, ries, rigs, rine, ring, rins, riot, rise, rist, rite, rits, roes, roin, roit, rone, rong, ront, rose, rost, rote, roti, rots, sego, seir, seit, sent, seor, serg, sero, sert, seth, sher, shet, shin, shir, shit, shoe, shog, shor, shot, shri, shtg, sien, sier, sigh, sign, sine, sing, sinh, sion, sire, site, sith, snig, snit, snog, snot, soir, sone, song, sore, sori, sorn, sort, soth, steg, sten, ster, stge, stie, stir, stog, stor, stre, tegs, tehr, teng, tens, tern, then, thig, thin, thio, thir, this, thon, thor, thos, thro, tien, tier, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tire, toes, toge, togs, tone, tong, tonn, tons, tore, tori, torn, tors, tose, tosh, tres, trie, trig, trin, trio, trog, tron, tshi
3 Letter Words for Shortening
ego, ehs, eir, eng, ens, eon, eos, erg, ern, ers, ert, esr, est, eth, gen, geo, ger, get, gie, gin, gio, gis, git, gns, goi, gon, gor, gos, got, gro, grs, gte, hei, hen, heo, her, hes, het, hgt, hie, hin, hir, his, hit, hoe, hog, hoi, hon, hor, hos, hot, hrs, hts, ign, ihs, ing, inn, ins, int, ion, ios, ire, irs, ise, ish, isn, iso, ist, its, neg, nei, neo, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, nne, nog, noh, non, nor, nos, not, nth, oer, oes, ohs, oie, ois, one, oni, ons, ont, ore, org, ors, ort, ose, osi, reg, reh, rei, res, rhe, rho, rie, rig, rin, rio, rit, roe, rog, roi, ron, ros, rot, rte, rti, seg, sei, sen, ser, set, she, shi, sho, shr, sht, sie, sig, sin, sir, sit, sog, son, sot, sri, stg, str, teg, ten, ter, tes, tgn, the, tho, tie, tig, tin, tis, tng, toe, tog, toi, ton, tor, tos, tri, trs, tsh, tsi
Definitions for Shortening
[1] butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
[2] Phonetics . the act, process, or an instance of making or becoming short.
[3] Linguistics . the act or process of dropping one or more syllables from a word or phrase to form a shorter word with the same meaning, as in forming piano from pianoforte or phone from telephone. clipped form.
[4] to make short or shorter.
[5] to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: to shorten sail.
[6] to make (pastry, bread, etc.) short, as with butter or other fat.
[7] Sports . choke(def 8) .
[8] to become short or shorter.
[9] (of odds) to decrease.
[10] butter, lard, or other fat, used in a dough, cake mixture, etc, to make the mixture short
[11] to make or become short or shorter
[12] (tr) nautical to reduce the area of (sail)
[13] (tr) to make (pastry, bread, etc) short, by adding butter or another fat
[14] gambling to cause (the odds) to lessen or (of odds) to become less
Words related to Shortening
abbreviation, reduction, curtailment, contraction, retrenchment
Words nearby Shortening
shortcoming, shortcrust pastry, shortcut, shorten, shortened form, shortening, shorter, shorter catechism, shortfall, shortfin corvina, shortgrass
Origin of Shortening
First recorded in 1505–15; short + -en1
Other words from Shortening
short·en·er , noun
o·ver·short·en , verb
pre·short·en , verb (used with object)
re·short·en , verb
un·der·short·en , verb (used with object)
un·short·en , adjective
Synonyms for Shortening
abbreviation, contraction, curtailment, reduction, retrenchment