TALLOW


Meaning of TALLOW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtæləu ]

n. & v. --n. the harder kinds of (esp. animal) fat melted down for use in making candles, soap, etc. --v.tr. grease with tallow. øtallow-tree any of various trees, esp. Sapium sebiferum of China, yielding vegetable tallow. vegetable tallow a vegetable fat used as tallow. øøtallowish adj. tallowy adj. [ME talg, talug, f. MLG talg, talch, of unkn. orig.]

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