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C1 neutral separable transitive

In simple words

to cook fat slowly so the oil comes out

Literal meaning: to process material until it becomes a reduced melted substance

Meanings

1 C1 neutral

rare

to melt down animal fat or tissue by heating it in order to extract usable fat

"They rendered down the pork fat to make cooking lard."

Grammar: separable

Usage notes

Mostly used in cooking, but also in farming or industrial processing. It is a technical literal expression rather than an everyday idiom.

fat lard tallow suet bacon trimmings

Base

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I/you/we/they

3rd person

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he/she/it

Past simple

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yesterday

Past participle

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have + pp

-ing form

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continuous

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melt down cook down process extract fat from

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