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ɪt noun
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English sewet < Anglo-French *suet, equivalent to su-, sew (< Latin sēbum tallow) + -et -et
1350–1400; Middle English sewet < Anglo-French *suet, equivalent to su-, sew (< Latin sēbum tallow) + -et -et
Related forms
su·et·y, adjective
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suet (ˈsuːɪt, ˈsjuːɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a hard waxy fat around the kidneys and loins in sheep, cattle, etc, used in cooking and making tallow | |
| [C14: from Old French seu, from Latin sēbum] | |
| 'suety | |
| —adj | |
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Suet
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
suet
late 14c., "solid fat formed in the torsos of cattle and sheep," probably from an Anglo-Fr. diminutive of sius, the nominative use of sue, seu "tallow, grease," from O.Fr. sieu "tallow," from L. sebum "tallow, grease."
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Example sentences
We suspend them as bird feeders packed with peanut butter or suet coated with seeds.
Bird feeders come in many shapes and sizes from shelf feeders to log feeders, suet to traditional styles.
Convincing the woodpecker to use this might be difficult, but a suet feeder nearby might do the trick.
Hummingbird feeders and suet will also attract woodpeckers.
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