The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LARD which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2012.
Shortening crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LARD | 75 % | 4 |
| OLEO | 15 % | 4 |
| MAZOLAOIL | 3 % | 9 |
| MARGARINE | 2 % | 9 |
| COTTONSEEDOIL | 2 % | 13 |
| OIL | 2 % | 3 |
| CUT | 2 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shortening
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abridge
- reduce
- expurgate
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerise
- cut
- abbreviate
- contract
- foreshorten
- lard
- cutting
- slashing
Crossword Answer definitions
LARD noun- Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
- Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
- To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
- To smear with fat or lard.
- To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.
- To fatten; to enrich.
- To grow fat.
- To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LARD
- Fat in the can?
- Hog fat
- Embellish
- Shortening
- Frying medium
- Ingredient in (good) biscuits
- Shortening stuff
- Fat stuff
- Semisolid fat
- Shortening, perhaps
More clues leading to the result OLEO
- Bread spread
- Butter substitute
- Corn product
- Dairy-section purchase
- Ersatz butter
- It comes in tubs
- Margarine
- Non-dairy product
- Non-dairy spread
- Promise, for one
More clues leading to the result MAZOLAOIL
More clues leading to the result MARGARINE
- Stick in the fridge
- Tub contents
- Tub sub
- Sticks in the fridge
- Sometimes yellow, sometimes white.
- White in New York, yellow in New Jersey.
- Shortening.
- Bread spread
- Butter substitute
- Stick in the refrigerator?
More clues leading to the result COTTONSEEDOIL
More clues leading to the result OIL
- Lubricate
- Peanut product
- Black gold
- Tin Man's need
- Wildcatter's quest
- Artist's medium
- Cooking additive
- Cottonseed product
- Friction easer
- It's burned at midnight