: the hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that yields tallow
Examples of suet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThey're filled with solid bird food like seed or suet.—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2023 Mockingbirds won’t eat seeds but do like suet dough.—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Also include a wire mesh suet feeder to distribute suet flavored with hot pepper.—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 3 Dec. 2020 Haggis is made of the liver, lungs, and heart of a sheep, beef or mutton suet, oatmeal, onion, and spices.—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023 As a result, gardeners who are providing seeds, suet and water for the birds are getting a return on their investment.—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021 Our suet feeders are sections of broken tree limbs (six inches in diameter) drilled with holes to be stuffed with suet, hung from a tree with another hunk of wire.—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 In warm weather suet goes bad quickly, which is not good for birds.—oregonlive, 3 June 2022 Follow these steps to for how to clean bird feeders for seed or suet.—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English sewet, from Anglo-French suet, siuet, from seu, su hard animal fat, from Latin sebum
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