suet
3
7.4
- noun
- /ˈsuːɪt/
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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?
- That's like one big lump of suet or something, right?
- So those would be the five Liver, heart, spleen, bone broth, connective tissue and real good animal fat, specifically animal tallow or the suet from the kidneys.
Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To make a traditional Christmas pudding, you will need to include suet for the rich flavor and texture.
Synonyms
52
3.3
Soft white fat from pigs used for cooking and baking
5
2.6
The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products
1
8.7
A soft, good quality pig fat from around the kidneys that people use in baking
1
4.6
Melted fat from cows used in cooking and soap making
A layer of fat around a pig's kidneys used to make lard
Fat from an adult sheep used for cooking, soap, and candles
Antonyms
Compounds
- UK
1
7.6
A steamed or boiled pudding made from suet, a hard beef fat, and flour, often sweet
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Surface Forms
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.