Tallow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle, sheep, or horses, and used in foodstuffs or to make candles, leather dressing, soap, and lubricants.
  • n. Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.
  • v. To smear or cover with tallow.
  • v. To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants
  • v. To grease or smear with tallow.
  • v. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
  • n. The fat of some other animals, or the fat obtained from certain plants, or from other sources, resembling the fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds.
  • v. To grease or smear with tallow.
  • v. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The harder and less fusible fats melted and separated from the fibrous or membranous matter which is naturally mixed with them.
  • Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling tallow: as, a tallow cake; a tallow dip.
  • To grease or smear with tallow.
  • To fatten; cause to have a large quantity of tallow: as, to tallow sheep.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
  • Verb Form
    tallowed    tallowing    tallows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    animal oil   
    Hyponym
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fatten   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gallo    ballow    balow    callow    cavallo    gallow    hallow    mallow    palo    shallow   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tar    lard    wax    hemp    paraffin    resin    grease    sulphur    molasses    turpentine