tallow

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tæləʊ/

Noun

tallow

1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:

     Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral#English|pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse#English|recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple#English|staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse#English|eclipse.

Translations

• French: suif
• German: Talg, (beef) Rindertalg, (mutton) Hammeltalg, (mutton) Schöpsentalg
• Italian: sego
• Portuguese: sebo
• Russian: са́ло
• Spanish: sebo

Verb

tallow (tallows, present participle tallowing; past and past participle tallowed)

1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

   to tallow sheep

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