Synonyms of the word

truncation

• n. The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses).
• n. (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.
• n. (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions).

carving

• n. A carved object.
• n. The craft of producing a carved object.
• v. present participle of carve.
• v. (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

cutting

• v. present participle of cut.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
• n. (countable) A section removed from the larger whole.
• n. (countable) A newspaper clipping.
• n. (countable) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
• n. (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
• n. (uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
• n. (uncountable) Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
• n. (machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
• n. (countable) A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
• adj. (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
• adj. Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.

lowness

• n. The property of being low.
• n. (countable) Something that is low or vulgar.

shortening

• n. (US, cooking) Solid fat, such as margarine, lard or butter, used to make shortcrust pastry.
• n. verbal noun of shorten.
• v. present participle of shorten.

shortness

• n. (uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being short.