BONE OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bone oil mean? 

• BONE OIL (noun)
  The noun BONE OIL has 2 senses:

1. the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture

2. dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

  Familiarity information: BONE OIL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONE OIL (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bone oil; Dippel's oil

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

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

 Context examples 

Any of a group of isomeric compounds that are monomethyl derivatives of pyridines derived from coal tar, horse urine, and bone oil.

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