English to Afrikaans Meaning of tallow - talk


Tallow :
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Definitions of tallow in English
Noun(1) obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
Examples of tallow in English
(1) In Northern Europe and especially in Britain these plants do not grow so well so we have used animal fats and tallow .(2) From tallow through beeswax to paraffin wax, candles have evolved quite as dramatically as the human kind.(3) But tallow , an animal byproduct, is a highly efficient source of biofuel and is available in abundance in Ireland, the group has argued.(4) From its large port, London regularly sent out vessels laden with animal hides, whale oil, tallow , dried fish and meats, fertiliser and wools.(5) It was also used by the ancient Romans, as is evidenced by the writings of Pliny, who described a method for making soap by boiling goat tallow with alkali wood ashes.(6) Basically it is fair to say that humans have been burning candles since someone figured out how to transform animal fat into tallow that would burn(7) Coal was initially used to supply domestic heat and fuel; to heat pans of sea-water to produce salt, of fats to make tallow for soap and candles, or of molasses to refine sugar; and in forges to heat iron and other metals.(8) They are against proposals to install two tanks for tallow - animal fat melted down - at Erlings Works, in Half Acre Road.(9) Richer folk lit their homes with candles made from beeswax or whale oil, whilst poorer folk had to make do with smelly, smoky tallow candles made from animal fat.(10) After clothes and linens had been thoroughly rubbed and scrubbed using homemade soap made from beef tallow and lye (soap-making is another whole story), they were wrung out by hand and placed in a second tub to be rinsed.(11) In medieval times, Britain's abundant population of Wensleydale sheep produced milk for cheese, tallow for lighting and wool for cloth.(12) In its heyday 150 years ago, Tomki Station (10 km east of Casino) was a leading producer of tallow , which was used to make candles and soap.(13) Grandmother had me on my feet for two hours, going through her entire supply of herbs, how to make teas, how to make tinctures, how to render tallow and add herbs to make salves.(14) The most common ingredient in a bar of soap is sodium tallowate - it is so named because it is made from animal fat, or tallow .(15) For three years Fibrogen has burned meat, bonemeal and tallow rendered down from the carcasses of older cattle.(16) If cheaper oils (such as used restaurant frying oil) or animal fats (beef tallow , pork lard or chicken fat) could be used, the cost would be dramatically reduced.
Related Phrases of tallow
(1) beef tallow ::
beesvleis talg
Synonyms
M
1. fat ::
vet
2. lard ::
varkvet
3. tallow ::
talk
4. grease ::
vet
Different Forms
tallow, tallowy
Word Example from TV Shows
The substance burns so hot,
it melts flesh like tallow.

The substance burns so hot, it melts flesh like TALLOW.

Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 5

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