1 | verb | replace a corner by a plane 2 | verb | approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one 3 | verb | make shorter as if by cutting off 4 | adjective | terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

tr'uhngk, eyt (IPA: trˈʌŋkˌeɪt)

trun-cate (8 letters | 2 syllables)

1486 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (540 years ago)

Latin

truncated | truncating | truncates

cut short | truncated

exchange | interchange | replace | substitute | approximate | estimate | gauge | guess | judge | shorten (total: 10)

(none among common words)

truncation

(none among common words)

Spanish: | truncar (tree) | troncar (tree) | cortar (tree) | truncar (story) | acortar (story) French: | tronquer (tree) | tronquer (story) Portuguese: | cortar o topo de (tree) | truncar (story) | mutilar (story) German: | stutzen (tree) | einschränken (story) | kürzen (story) Japanese: | 切捨てる (verb) | 切り捨てる (verb) | 斬り捨てる (verb)

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Curtail | Cut short (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)