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BONE OIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
Synonyms:
bone oil; Dippel's oil
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bone oil" is a kind of...):
animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("bone oil" is a kind of...):
animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)
Holonyms ("bone oil" is a part of...):
bone fat (fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases)
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