English Explanatory Dictionary

tallow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
verb
  1. To grease or smear with tallow.
  2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.
  3. Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow.

Pronunciation

/ˈtæləʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tallow.wav /ˈtæloʊ/

Word forms

tallow tallows tallowing tallowed

Etymology

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”)).

Derived words

betallow Japan tallow mountain tallow sodium tallowate tallowate tallowberry tallower tallow-faced tallow gourd tallowish tallowless tallowlike tallowmaker tallowmaking tallow tree tallowweed tallow-wood tallow wood tallowwood tallowy untallowed
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