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animal fat

animal fat

5 2.6
The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products
  • noun
  • /ˈænɪməl fæṭ/
translation icon : grasa animal
  • To mimic animal fat, companies mix in fats and oils extracted from plants.
  • animal fat used

Extra virgin olive oil, omegas and things like wild caught fish like salmon, and then some animal fat you might get from grass fed beef, that sort of thing.

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Examples

  • And you do need to eat those animal fats sparingly, especially if you grill.

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  • Biodiesel made from soy, animal fats, and corn oil is only helping to lower food and fuel costs.

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  • - Warm them in animal fat.

  • It's all that animal fat.

  • Suet, or rendered animal fat, is always available at my feeding station.

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  • Once you start rendering any kind of animal fat, you'll figure out what works best for you.

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  • Pomades were first created in the 19th century with mixed ingredients of animal fat and sometimes herbs added.

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  • Environmental factors related to lifestyle, such as physical activity level and dietary animal fat intake, may contribute to escalating levels of risk.

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  • Aboriginal groups created engravings, drawings, stencils, and paintings using natural pigments mixed with spit, animal fat, or tree resin.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Many traditional recipes call for animal fat to enhance flavor and texture.

Synonyms

lard
vsanimal fat
52 3.3

Soft white fat from pigs used for cooking and baking

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
suet
vsanimal fat
3 7.4

A hard fat from around the kidneys of cows or sheep for cooking

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
butterfat
vsanimal fat
  • Specialized
1 3.7

The natural fat in milk used to make butter and cream

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
leaf lard
vsanimal fat
  • Specialized
1 8.7

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

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
beef tallow
vsanimal fat
  • Specialized
1 4.6

Melted fat from cows used in cooking and soap making

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
goose grease
vsanimal fat
1 7.5

Fat from geese that people use in cooking and rub on the skin as a simple medicine

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
leaf fat
vsanimal fat
9.1

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

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
animal oil
vsanimal fat
3.4

Fat from animals like fish and whales that is used as a liquid for fuel and soap

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry
bone fat
vsanimal fat
  • Specialized
8.4

Fat taken from animal bones used to make cheap candles, soap, and grease

is the broad term for fats from animal tissues for food or industry

Antonyms

17 1.0

An oil made from plants that you use for cooking

How Smelly

butyric acid
  • Specialized
1 6.8
decanoic acid
  • Specialized
7.7
animal fat
5 2.6
cooking oil
7 1.0

Surface Forms

animal fat singular
animal fats plural

Morphology

animal + fat

The meaning 'fat obtained from the tissues of animals' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'animal' (organism) and 'fat' (oily substance); there is no idiomatic shift or metaphor. This compound follows a common English noun-noun composition and has clear parallels in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Animal fat is very literal: animal means the creature and fat means the oily part that people saved and melted in a pot. People used the melted fat for 'cooking', for making 'soap' and 'candles', so today animal fat means the fat taken from animals for food and other uses.