greaves
/ɡɹivz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.80 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
name
A surname from Old English.
Example Sentences
- "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 mixed with ash and heated again to form soap."
Etymology
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, grêve, *griovo, *greubō, grǣfe