Home › Words › T › tallowertallowertallower means an animal which produces tallow.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tallower ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom tallow + -er.nounAn animal which produces tallow.e.g.“The South Down sheep are not great tallowers, compared with some other sorts; but what they loose^([sic]) in tallow, they make up in a disposition to fatten.” — 1813, Arthur Young, General view of the agriculture of the county of Sussex, page 332:A merchant who deals in tallow.omeone who tallows, who greases with tallowDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tallowmaker 74% match — A manufacturer of tallow. vs tallower →tallowy 68% match — Resembling tallow. vs tallower →tallowmaking 68% match — The manufacture of tallow. vs tallower →tallow 67% match — A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants. vs tallower →tallowing 67% match — The act of applying tallow. vs tallower →betallow 60% match — To cover with tallow. vs tallower →waxlight 55% match — A waxen candle; a taper. vs tallower →hatchettite 54% match — Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish-yellow colour. vs tallower →