suet

From Middle English sewet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman suet, siuet, from Old French seu, from Latin sebum.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s(j)uːɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

suet (countable and uncountable, plural suets)

1. The fatty tissue that surrounds and protects the kidneys; that of sheep and cattle is used in cooking and in making tallow.
   • 1996, Laura Erickson, Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids

     Many seed-eating birds also need animal fat and protein which they obtain from insects, animal carcasses, and suet.

   • 1998, Alan Pistorius, Everything You Need to Know About Birding and Backyard Bird Attraction

     Some jays, chickadees, nuthatches, and titmice regularly feed at suet; others seem never to indulge.

• suet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “suet”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• Suet in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Suet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Suet on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• ETUs, TEUs, TUEs, Tues, Utes, tues, utes

suet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of suō

suet

1. Alternative form of sute