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suet

suet

3 7.4
A hard fat from around the kidneys of cows or sheep for cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈsuːɪt/
translation icon : sebo
  • We'd had them at the caravanserai meal the day before, but the inclusion of suet made them far moister.
  • beef suet
  • suet pudding
  • suet feeders

That's like one big lump of suet or something, right?

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Examples

  • With sunflower seeds and beef suet, they inadvertently lure their avian friends to within a pounce of their coldly efficient pets.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In went a lump of suet and fruit with all sorts of spices to be sure she got the right ones.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I make sure that I buy good bird seed and suet for them.

    Blog text (20)
  • And then I have a suet basket and block here that I'm going to hang near a window, I think.

  • Mince the mutton, suet, and onions in a grinder.

    Blog text (8)
  • So we've got some white bread pieces, some dried fruit, some almonds, and then suet, which is the hard fat around an animal's kidneys.

  • Hanging from a tree limb was a stout metal basket for suet, beloved by chickadees and downy woodpeckers.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Pudding will also be a choice: bread and butter pudding, suet roly poly and cherry sponge with custard.

  • Steward, my Thursday midday meal has always been and will always be hot soup, fried sole, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, baked potatoes, suet pudding and treacle.

  • To make a traditional Christmas pudding, you will need to include suet for the rich flavor and texture.

Synonyms

lard
vssuet
52 3.3

Soft white fat from pigs used for cooking and baking

is firmer kidney-area fat from cattle or sheep rather than soft pig fat
animal fat
vssuet
5 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

is a specific hard kidney and loin fat rather than general fat from creatures
leaf lard
vssuet
  • Specialized
1 8.7

A soft, good quality pig fat from around the kidneys that people use in baking

is harder kidney-area fat from cattle or sheep used in cooking
beef tallow
vssuet
  • Specialized
1 4.6

Melted fat from cows used in cooking and soap making

is raw hard fat around kidneys and loins not a rendered form
leaf fat
vssuet
9.1

A layer of fat around a pig's kidneys used to make lard

is the same kidney-area fat but comes from cattle or sheep and is harder
mutton tallow
vssuet
9.1

Fat from an adult sheep used for cooking, soap, and candles

is the unrendered hard fat around kidneys and loins rather than rendered product

Antonyms

108 2.5

Thin with little extra fat or money

22 1.0

A food or drink that contains no fat

Compounds

1 7.6

A steamed or boiled pudding made from suet, a hard beef fat, and flour, often sweet

How Solid

tallow
3 8.8
suet
3 7.4
lard
52 3.3
butter
635 1.0
oil
406 1.0

Surface Forms

suet singular
suets plural

Etymology

Suet comes from an old French word suif meaning 'tallow' or 'animal fat', and is like the English word tallow. So suet today is the hard fat found around the kidneys that people use in cooking and to make food for wild birds.