greaves
greaves · greaveses
шкварки
Grieben, Grammeln
The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been renderedThe unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
/ɡɹivz/
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
Grieben, Grammeln
шква́ркиškvárki
the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
residue from animal fat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
residue from animal fat:
Origin
From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low GermFrom 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).
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Forms
plural: greavesesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered:crackling