All narrowing synonyms
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N n noun narrowing
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- consolidation — the act of consolidating or state of being consolidated
- lessening — to become less.
- thinning — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
adjective narrowing
- lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
- tapering — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- pyramidal — of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.
- fusiform — spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
- acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- wedged — having the shape of a wedge.
- tapered — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.