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tallow
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22 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. tallow
  2. tallow bayberry
  3. tallow drop
  4. tallow-faced
  5. tallow nut
  6. tallow oil
  7. tallow pot
  8. tallow-top
  9. tallow tree
  10. American vegetable-tallow tree
  11. Borneo tallow
  12. Chinese tallow
  13. Chinese tallow tree
  14. mineral tallow
  15. myrica tallow
  16. piney tallow
  17. stillingia tallow
  18. vegetable tallow
  19. vegetable-tallow tree
  20. bayberry wax
  21. illipe butter
  22. ucuuba butter

1tal·low

noun \ˈta-(ˌ)lō\

Definition of TALLOW

: the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, candles, and lubricants
— tal·lowy \ˈta-lə-wē\ adjective
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Origin of TALLOW

Middle English talgh, talow; akin to Middle Dutch talch tallow
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Animal Husbandry Terms

apiary, bantam, calico, girth, hogwash, mast, rut

2tallow

transitive verb

Definition of TALLOW

: to grease or smear with tallow

First Known Use of TALLOW

15th century

Rhymes with TALLOW

fallow, sallow, shallow

tal·low

noun \ˈtal-(ˌ)ō, -ə(-w)\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of TALLOW

: the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep which is used chiefly in soap, margarine, candles, and lubricants and of which the form obtained from domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is used in pharmacy in ointments and cerates

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