suet
pronunciation
How to pronounce suet in British English:
UK [ˈsu:ɪt]
How to pronounce suet in American English:
US [ˈsuɪt]
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- Noun:
- hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton
Word Origin
- suet
- suet: [14] Suet goes back ultimately to Latin sēbum ‘tallow’, which also produced English sebaceous [18]. This passed into Anglo-Norman as seu or sue, of which a presumed diminutive form *sewet gave English suet.=> sebaceous
- suet (n.)
- late 14c., "solid fat formed in the torsos of cattle and sheep," probably from an Anglo-French diminutive of Old French siu "fat, lard, grease, tallow" (Modern French suif), from Latin sebum "tallow, grease" (see sebum). Related: Suety.
Example
- 1. Suet white jade belongs to the high quality varieties .
- 2. South of , say , brussels , I do not imagine that you would succeed in getting hold of a suet pudding .
- 3. Second , it was suet jade , this is hetian jade unique beauty .
- 4. Suet - one of the most nourishing natural ingredients .
- 5. Take some time to consider haggis ingredients : sheep 's stomach , lamb heart and lungs , beef , suet , onion , oatmeal , salt , spices , and stock , simmered in the stomach of the sheep .