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Tallow

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Noun

1. tallow

obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tallow

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noun
1. 
a fatty substance consisting of a mixture of glycerides, including stearic, palmitic, and oleic acids and extracted chiefly from the suet of sheep and cattle: used for making soap, candles, food, etc
verb
2. (transitive)
to cover or smear with tallow

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Tallow

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noun
1. 
the nearly colorless and tasteless solid fat extracted from the natural fat of cattle, sheep, etc., used in making candles, soaps, lubricants, etc.
see also vegetable tallow
verb transitive
2. 
to cover or smear with tallow

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tallow

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n.
1. Hard fat obtained from parts of the bodies of cattle or sheep, used in foodstuffs or to make leather dressing, soap, and lubricants, and formerly used to make candles.
2. Any of various similar fats, such as those obtained from plants.
tr.v. tal·lowed, tal·low·ing, tal·lows
1. To smear or cover with tallow.
2. To fatten (animals) in order to obtain tallow.

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