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whale oil en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (and also formerly as an illuminating oil).

Forms

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whale oils Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

natural resource · oil · lipid · fat

Relateds

whaleship · trypot · overwhaling · trywork · tryworks · try pot · lamp oil

Translations (18)

nl walvistraan (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · fi valaanrasva (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · fi valaanöljy (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · bg китово масло (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · uk во́рвань (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · it olio di balena (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · gl aceite de balea (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · pl tran wielorybi (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · de Tran (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · ja 鯨油 (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · cmn 鯨油 /鲸油 (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · ru во́рвань (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · ro ulei de cașalot (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · sv valolja (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · da hvalolje (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · fi valasöljy (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · mi wē parāoa (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber) · nb hvalolje (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber)

wikidata: Q1053334 · wikipedia: Albany, Western Australia