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| biscuit |
an unsweetened bread in the shape of a small cake, made with a generous amount of shortening and leavened with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. [1/4 definitions] |
| home fries |
sliced raw or boiled potatoes fried in oil or shortening; home fried potatoes. |
| pastry |
a dough of flour, shortening, and water that is baked and used for pie crusts and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| shortbread |
a rich cake or cookie that contains much shortening, esp. butter. |
| sponge cake |
a light spongy cake made with eggs, flour, sugar, and other ingredients, but no shortening. |
| syncope |
the shortening of a word by dropping one or more sounds from its center, as in shortening "ever" to "e'er". [1/2 definitions] |
| water biscuit |
a cracker made of water and flour, to which shortening is sometimes added. |
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