suet

UK: /ˈsuːɪt/ US: /ˈsuɪt/ ,(so̅o̅′it)

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su•et /ˈsuɪt/   n. [uncountable]

1. Animal Husbandry hard, fatty tissue from the kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking and for making candles.

su•et•y, adj. 

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su•et  (so̅o̅′it), n. 

1. the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.

• Latin sēbum tallow) + -et -et
• Anglo-French *suet, equivalent. to su-, sew (
• Middle English sewet 1350–1400

su′et•y, adj. 

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suet / ˈsuːɪt ˈsjuːɪt/ noun

1. a hard waxy fat around the kidneys and loins in sheep, cattle, etc, used in cooking and making tallow

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French seu, from Latin sēbum

ˈsuety, ˈsuetty adjective