stearin
/ˈstɪərɪn
/noun [mass noun]
1A white crystalline substance which is the main constituent of tallow and suet. It is a glyceryl ester of stearic acid.Palm kernel stearin and hydrogenated palm kernel stearin can be used to prepare compound chocolate bars or coatings....
- The proportion of stearin you will use depends on the effect you're looking for.
- A compromise material was stearin - also known as adamantine from its resemblance to stone.
1.1A mixture of fatty acids used in candle-making.Revenue authorities are flummoxed by the huge spurt in imports of palm fatty acid distillates and crude palm stearin - raw materials normally used in soap manufacture....
- Use 10% of stearin to wax when making candles.
Origin
Early 19th century: from French stéarine, from Greek stear 'tallow'.
Rhymes
- Cooperative Republic of Guyana
- co-operativization
- cooperator
- Cooper, Gary
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Cooper pair
- Cooper's hawk
- Cooper, Sir Henry
- Cooperstown
- Cooper, Susie
- coopery
- coopetition
- co-opt
- co-optation
- co-option
- co-optive
- coordinate
- co-ordinate
- Coordinated Universal Time
- coordinate geometry
- coordinating conjunction
- coordination
- coordination compound
- coordination number
- coordinative