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SUET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suet mean?
• SUET (noun)
The noun SUET has 1 sense:
1. hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
Familiarity information: SUET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("suet" is a kind of...):
edible fat (oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue)
Derivation:
suety (like or full of suet)
Context examples
There is a vague belief abroad, that the beef suet with which he anoints his hair gives him unnatural strength, and that he is a match for a man.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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