EDIBLE FAT

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Meaning:

Oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("edible fat" is a kind of...):

fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "edible fat"):

cracklings (the crisp residue left after lard has been rendered)

lard (soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog)

marbling (the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat)

shortening (fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods)

suet (hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep)

drippings (fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried)

oil; vegetable oil (any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants)