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tallow

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tal·low /ˈtæləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun [uncountable]  HBATIChard animal fat used to make candles 〔用于制造蜡烛的〕动物油脂
Examples from the Corpus
tallowQ: We had a tallow tree that needed to be removed.An ancient tallow candle stood fixed in its grease on one of the cross-beams, with a tinder beside it.Samara for grain, cattle, and tallow.Standing all day on the wet clay floor under the dropping ceiling in the faint light cast by tallow candles was grim.We groped around in the darkness, found a fat tallow candle and I lit it with my tinder.The room smelt stale and musty with the pungent odour of the fat tallow candles placed on the desk.Some thick, tallow candles, and jugs and bowls completed the furnishings.
Origin tallow (1200-1300) Middle Low German talg
tal·low nounChineseSyllable
Corpus hard make candles fat to animal used


tallow
tallow /ˈtæləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Middle Low German
 Origin: talg
hard animal fat used to make candles


tal·lowBrE /ˈtæləʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtæloʊ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] animal fat used for making candles, soap, etc. (用以制造蜡烛、肥皂等的)动物油脂