tallow

== English == === 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”)). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtæləʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtæloʊ/ Rhymes: -æləʊ === Noun === tallow (countable and uncountable, plural tallows) A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tallow (third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed) To grease or smear with tallow. (transitive) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten. (intransitive) Of animals: to develop quantities of tallow. ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Noun === tallow (Catholicon Anglicum) alternative form of talow