tallow

C2 Topic:Animals

US /ˈtæloʊ/ UK /ˈtæləʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #56984

Meanings

1

noun
A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.

"I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]".
2

verb
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

To tallow sheep.
3

verb
Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.

[…] their beef is finer than that of the old short-horned breed, and they fatten much earlier and quicker, conveying still a vast depth of natural flesh, and tallowing within in the first degree.
4

noun
obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants

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Phrases (1)

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beef tallow
firm fat from cattle that has been melted and purified for use

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)).

Topics

Animals

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# tallow

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈtæloʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtæləʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 56984

## Meanings
1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
3. Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.
4. obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants

## Examples
- "I have got a very fine shirt, which I am going to use for my wedding shirt; but there are three tallow stains on it which I want washed out[.]".
- To tallow sheep.
- […] their beef is finer than that of the old short-horned breed, and they fatten much earlier and quicker, conveying still a vast depth of natural flesh, and tallowing within in the first degree.

## Etymology
From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)).

## Topics
- Animals

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