Meaning of "shortening"

shortening •

n.
• • butter or lard used to make bread, pastry, etc., crisp or crumbly: mantikilya, mantika short-tempered

adj.
• • quicktempered, easily made angry: magagalitin, mayayamutin, mayamutin, bugnutin

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n.
• • shortening, lard