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# tallow

noun (no plural)

«tallow» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Tallow is hard animal fat, used to make candles and soap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallow/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales the fat that candles are made from, often found in a storeroom

### Examples

- The candle was made of tallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallow/#x1)
- Mouldy bread, tallow candle, and sausage were in the storeroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallow/#x2)
- Don't you know any story about bacon and tallow? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallow/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tallow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tallow/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tallow» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tallow.html) on Mova free.