tallow

Definition of tallow

Nouns

obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
Types:
beef tallow
tallow obtained from a bovine animal
dubbin
tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof
mutton tallow
tallow from the body of a mature sheep
Type of:
animal oil
any oil obtained from animal substances

Vocabulary Lists for tallow

Call of the Wild »(76 words)
  • primitive
  • interlace
  • imperious
  • sate
  • aristocrat

Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island »(2273 words)
Vocabulary study guide for Robert Louis Stevenson's...
  • seamanly
  • squire
  • rum
  • stockade
  • clove hitch

Trees »(1176 words)
  • aalii
  • abatis
  • abstraction
  • aby
  • acacia

Fred Gipson's Old Yeller »(93 words)
An interesting list of vocabulary words from Fred...
  • aggravated
  • astride
  • binding
  • bit
  • blat

Chekhov 40 stories pp. 204-261 »(26 words)
Big Volodya And Little Volodya, The Student, Anna Round...
  • sinewy
  • remonstrance
  • wimple
  • consent
  • fatuous

Moby-Dick 3 »(15 words)
  • inion
  • obstreperously
  • dumpling
  • right whale
  • plaguy

Kirk Intro »(6 words)
  • ephemeron
  • ephemera
  • Minoan
  • knight-errant
  • tallow

Words that contain tallow

bayberry tallow
 beef tallow
 Japan tallow
 mutton tallow
 tallow oil
 vegetable tallow