tallow

CEFRB2

/ˈtæləʊ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Hard animal fat used to make candles or soap.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • In historical times, candles were made using animal fat called tallow.

  • To prevent impurities, make sure to reduce the tallow multiple times.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈtæloʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To grease or smear with tallow.

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

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.

More examples

In context

  • to tallow sheep

  • "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[.]"

  • […] 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.

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Origin

noun

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”)).