Definition of suet Suet
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We found 5 definitions of suet from 5 different sources.
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What does suet mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: suets |
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| suet - hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep | ||
| edible fat oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suet (n.)
The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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suet
sū′et, n. a solid fatty tissue, accumulating about the kidneys and omentum of the ox, sheep, &c.—adj. Sū′ety. [O. Fr. seu (Fr. suif)—L. sebum, fat.]
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🔤- suet, noun, singular of suets.
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