: the hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that yields tallow
Examples of suet in a Sentence
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Audubon suggests cleaning out a feeder every other week for seed and suet feeders.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
They'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
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Mar. 2024
They'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
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suet
noun
su·et
ˈsü-ət 
: the hard fat around the kidneys in beef and mutton from which tallow is made
Medical Definition
suet
noun
su·et
ˈsü-ət
: the hard fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton that yields tallow and that in prepared form is used in some pharmaceutical ointments
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