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greaves¹
- /ɡɹivz/
Where it comes from
From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low German grêve, from Old Saxon *griovo, from Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), perhaps related to *grubaz (“rough, coarse”), the root of German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”). Possibly related to gruff. Also compare Old High German grob (“coarse”) (modern German grob).
noun
- The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered. Rendering is done by boiling the animal carcasses to separate the fat from the meat. At high temperatures, the fat floats as a creamy white substance called tallow, while the heavier protein sinks to the bottom, producing greaves, which can be fed to animals. Tallow is used to make candle wax or is
greaves²
- /ɡɹivz/
noun
- plural of greave
Greaves³
- /ɡɹivz/
Sounds like grieves, greaves · Rhymes with -iːvz
Where it comes from
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a brushwood or thicket, from Old English grǣfe (“brushwood, thicket”).
proper noun Greaveses
- A surname from Old English.
Translations
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noun residue from animal fat
| Español | chicharrones |
|---|---|
| Português | torresmo m rojões |
| Français | cretons, grattons |
| Deutsch | Grieben |
| Italiano | ciccioli |
| Русский | шква́рки škvárki |
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