ABBREVIATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • shortening something by omitting parts of it
   Hypernyms(s) abbreviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shortening (what does shortening mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a shortened form of a word or phrase
   Hypernyms(s) abbreviation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • form (what does form mean?)
   • word form (what does word form mean?)
   • signifier (what does signifier mean?)
   • descriptor (what does descriptor mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • apocope (what does apocope mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • abbreviate (what does abbreviate mean?)