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bone fat

bone fat

8.4
Fat taken from animal bones used to make cheap candles, soap, and grease
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : grasa ósea
  • The company uses bone fat in the production of inexpensive candles and soaps.

Examples

  • After boiling the bones, they extracted bone fat for industrial use.

  • Lubricating greases made from bone fat are valued for their viscosity and stability.

  • They used bone fat to make the candles.

  • Can you believe that bone fat is still used today?

  • After boiling the bones, they extracted bone fat which is commonly used in making inexpensive soaps.

  • Lubricating greases made from bone fat provide excellent lubrication for machinery in industrial settings.

  • The factory produces candles using bone fat derived from animal bones, ensuring a low-cost product for consumers.

Synonyms

bone oil
vsbone fat
  • Archaic
9.1

An oily liquid from heated animal bones used as a lubricant or to treat leather

is a fatty, solid substance used mainly for candles soaps and greases

Surface Forms

bone fat singular
bone fats plural

Morphology

bone + fat

The noun–noun compound directly describes 'fat' that comes from 'bone'; a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes the fatty substance derived from animal bones. This compositional, literal pattern is common cross-linguistically, so the basic meaning is immediately predictable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Bone fat comes from boiling animal bones to melt out the fat, a simple process people used to get material for candles, soaps and grease. So, 'bone fat' means the fatty substance taken from bones for those products.