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suet

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. suet (noun)
  2. suet pudding (noun)

su·et

noun \ˈsü-ət\

Definition of SUET

: the hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that yields tallow
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Origin of SUET

Middle English sewet, from Anglo-French suet, siuet, from seu, su hard animal fat, from Latin sebum
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with SUET

bluet, cruet, peewit

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