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Showing words for SHORTENING using the English dictionary

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