Word Meaning

abbreviation definition and meaning

n. The act of shortening, or reducing.
n. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment.
n. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
n. One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers.

Crossword clues for abbreviation

- Fridge or pram, for instance, save space
- Shortening
- The shortening of a word or text