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to render

to render

7 9.1
To melt animal fat to remove bits and keep the clear fat
  • verb
  • /ˈrɛndər/
translation icon : derretir
  • Plus, unlike other animal fats, it's not available by the tub; we have to render it ourselves.
  • render fat
  • render lard
  • render bacon

Now the key is to render that fat nice and slow.

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Examples

  • To make soap, first we render fat.

  • I can't wait to try to render the fat and cook with it.

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  • Now the key is to render that fat nice and slow.

  • So what I want to do is basically start to like render that fat out.

  • I'm so excited to make stock and render all the duck fat!

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  • A friend passed this link on to me; we are getting ready to render our own lard very soon.

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  • If you want it pure white, yes, you'll have to render it yourself.

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  • I am going to render my first batch of lard this weekend.

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  • Plus, we won the bonus prize: a jarful of beautifully rendered duck fat for our potatoes!

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  • To make soap, you first need to render the fat to remove impurities.

Synonyms

to clarify
vsto render
  • Specialized
5 4.2

To remove solid bits so a liquid becomes clear

focuses specifically on melting fat to separate impurities rather than clearing liquids generally
to try
vsto render
  • Archaic
5 9.9

To melt animal fat slowly to separate the liquid from solids

is the same melting process but named using another term
to defat
vsto render
  • Specialized
7.0

To remove fat from food, such as gravy or meat

melts fat itself to separate impurities rather than removing fat from items

Antonyms

770 1.0

Become solid because of cold, like water turning to ice

55 4.4

To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools

Idioms

1 9.9

Give what you owe to the government, especially taxes

Phrasal Verbs

9.2

To cover a wall with two coats of plaster to make it smooth

How Pure

to refine
  • Specialized
41 3.9
to clarify
  • Specialized
5 4.2
to render
7 9.1
to melt
362 1.0

Surface Forms

render infinitive
rendered past
rendered past participle
rendering present participle
renders third person singular

Etymology

Render comes from the Old French rendre and the Latin reddere, which mean 'to give back'. A simple way to remember the cooking sense is to think of melting meat until it 'gives' its fat, so to render fat is to melt and release the clean fat.