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• Suet — (/ˈsuː.ɪt/) is raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat found around the loins and kidneys.Suet has a melting point of between 45° and 50°C. (113° and 122°F.), and congeals between 37° and 40°C. (98.6° and 104°F). Its low melting point… …   Wikipedia

• Suet — Su et, n. [OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L. sebum. Cf. {Soap}, {Sebaceous}.] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fat — [adj1] overweight beefy*, big, blimp, bovine, brawny, broad, bulging, bulky, bull, burly, butterball*, chunky*, corpulent, distended, dumpy, elephantine, fleshy, gargantuan, gross, heavy, heavyset*, hefty, husky, inflated, jelly belly*, lard,… …   New thesaurus

• suet — late 14c., solid fat formed in the torsos of cattle and sheep, probably from an Anglo Fr. diminutive of sius, the nominative use of sue, seu tallow, grease, from O.Fr. sieu tallow, from L. sebum tallow, grease (see SEBUM (Cf. sebum)) …   Etymology dictionary

• suet — ► NOUN ▪ the hard white fat on the kidneys and loins of cattle, sheep, and other animals, used in making puddings, pastry, etc. DERIVATIVES suety adjective. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin sebum tallow …   English terms dictionary

• suet — [so͞o′it] n. [ME dim. < Anglo Fr sue < OFr sieu, seu < L sebum, tallow: see SOAP] the hard fat deposited around the kidneys and loins of cattle and sheep: used in cooking and as a source of tallow suety adj …   English World dictionary

• fat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. plump, stout, corpulent, obese, portly, chubby; fertile, profitable, fruitful, rich; greasy, unctuous. See size, rotundity, smoothness, production.Ant., thin, emaciated. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …   English dictionary for students

• fat — 1. adjective 1) a fat man Syn: plump, stout, overweight, large, chubby, portly, flabby, paunchy, potbellied, beer bellied, meaty, of ample proportions, heavyset; obese, corpulent, fleshy, gross; informal …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fat — 1. adjective 1) a fat man Syn: obese, overweight, plump, stout, chubby, portly, flabby, paunchy, pot bellied, corpulent; informal tubby; Brit.; informal podgy 2) fat bacon Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• suet — noun Etymology: Middle English sewet, from Anglo French suet, siuet, from seu, su hard animal fat, from Latin sebum Date: 14th century the hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that yields tallow …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• suet — The hard fat around the kidneys of cattle and sheep; when rendered it yields tallow. prepared s. the internal fat of the abdomen of the sheep, Ovis aries, purified by melting and straining; formerly used in pharmacy in making ointments. SYN:… …   Medical dictionary