: the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep used chiefly in soap, candles, and lubricants
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
According to a 1994 study, tallow candles once cost 40.3 cents per 1,000 lumen hours.
—Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
Fat is in the news: Not just because of the world's obesity problems, but because one agriculture company accidentally fattened up the Houston Ship Channel on Tuesday by spilling 15,000 gallons of beef tallow into it.
—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2011
West: Almost all the interiors were lit with real tallow candles.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2022
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And that tallow does pop, giving the tortilla a distinct unctuousness that’s easy to obsess over.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
According to a 1994 study, tallow candles once cost 40.3 cents per 1,000 lumen hours.
—Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
Fat is in the news: Not just because of the world's obesity problems, but because one agriculture company accidentally fattened up the Houston Ship Channel on Tuesday by spilling 15,000 gallons of beef tallow into it.
—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2011
West: Almost all the interiors were lit with real tallow candles.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2022
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tallow
noun
tal·low
ˈtal-(ˌ)ō, -ə(-w) 
: the white nearly tasteless solid rendered fat of cattle and sheep which is used chiefly in soap, margarine, candles, and lubricants and of which the form obtained from domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is used in pharmacy in ointments and cerates
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