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How to pronounce “shortening”

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Real speech example: Can We Hack Photosynthesis to Feed the World?for example, the shortening of the stems of rice and wheat,
Definition summary: (US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying.

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Can We Hack Photosynthesis to Feed the World?

for example, the shortening of the stems of rice and wheat,

[Noun]
(US, cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying.
verbal noun of shorten: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
[Verb]
present participle and gerund of shorten

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