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DRIPPINGS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drippings mean?
• DRIPPINGS (noun)
The noun DRIPPINGS has 1 sense:
1. fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried
Familiarity information: DRIPPINGS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("drippings" is a kind of...):
edible fat (oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue)
Derivation:
drip (fall in drops)
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