tallow

Pronunciation: /ˈtæləʊ/

The English word “tallow” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

To grease or smear with tallow.
To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.

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”)).

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