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# suet

«suet» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **hard white fat from around the kidneys of cows and sheep…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (suet — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Suet is hard white fat from around the kidneys of cows and sheep, used in cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#m1)

2) Vegetable suet is a similar fat made from plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Hard fat from around the kidneys and inner parts of an animal, which was burned on the altar as part of the offering; the Torah usually calls it "the fat." Interpretation: Tradition reads the forbidden fat (chelev) as belonging to God on the altar, so Jews may not eat the fat of cattle, sheep and goats, a law that still shapes kosher butchering. In the primary lessons: In British and Irish cooking suet makes dumplings, Christmas pudding, mince pies and steamed puddings. Bird lovers put suet balls out in winter to feed birds. In The Wind in the Willows and old stories, suet puddings are hearty country food.

### examples

- And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke. (Torah LEV.8.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x1)
- And Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, and the head, and the suet, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar; (Torah LEV.1.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x2)
- And he shall cut it into its pieces; and the priest shall lay them, with its head and its suet, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar. (Torah LEV.1.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x3)
- Mum adds suet to the dumplings for the stew. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x4)
- We hung a suet ball in the garden for the birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x5)
- Christmas pudding is made with suet and dried fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x6)
- Vegetarians use vegetable suet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x7)
- The old cook made a big suet pudding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x8)
- Blue tits love pecking at suet in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/#x9)

### note

Uncountable: «some suet», not «a suet» (but «a suet pudding», «suet balls»). Pronounced SOO-it.

### In the corpora

- [And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.194/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/suet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.