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tallower

tallower noun: an animal which produces tallow.

Noun

tallower (plural tallowers)

  1. An animal which produces tallow.
    • The South Down sheep are not great tallowers, compared with some other sorts; but what they loose^([sic]) in tallow, they make up in a disposition to fatten.1813, Arthur Young, General view of the agriculture of the county of Sussex, page 332
  2. A merchant who deals in tallow.
  3. Someone who tallows, who greases with tallow

Forms of tallower

pluraltallowers

Origin of tallower

From tallow + -er.

Questions about tallower

What does tallower mean?
Tallower means an animal which produces tallow.
What part of speech is tallower?
Tallower is a noun.
What is the plural of tallower?
The plural of tallower is tallowers.

Words near tallower in the dictionary

  1. tallow-woods
  2. tallowate
  3. tallowberries
  4. tallowberry
  5. tallowed
  6. tallower
  7. tallowers
  8. tallowiness
  9. tallowing
  10. tallowish
  11. tallowless

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