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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

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Nouns denoting substances

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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