tallow
pronunciation
How to pronounce tallow in British English:
UK [ˈtæləʊ]
How to pronounce tallow in American English:
US [ˈtæloʊ]
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- Noun:
- obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
Word Origin
- tallow (n.)
- hard animal fat, used to make soap, candles, etc., mid-14c., talwgh, from a source (perhaps an unrecorded Old English word) cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch, from Proto-Germanic *talga-, meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (compare Gothic tulgus "firm, solid"). OED says related Scandinavian words probably are from continental Germanic.
Example
- 1. Years ago , it was the site of such pungent industries as tanning and tallow .
- 2. I know that.the foreground of defatted tallow is perfect .
- 3. She coated them thoroughly with tallow , as was the custom , and brought them out .
- 4. Like tallow , this was derived from animals , but had no glycerine content .
- 5. Oxidized state of tallow was assayed by peroxide value , p-anisidine value and acid value .