BONE FAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bone fat mean? 

• BONE FAT (noun)
  The noun BONE FAT has 1 sense:

1. fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases

  Familiarity information: BONE FAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONE FAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bone fat" is a kind of...):

animal fat (any fat obtained from animals)

Meronyms (parts of "bone fat"):

bone oil (the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture)