Definition of Bone fat

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

Terms within: Bone Oil
Generic synonyms: Animal Fat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bone Fat

bone cell
bone cements
bone char
bone charcoal
bone china
bone conduction
bone corpuscle
bone cyst
bone cysts
bone demineralization technique
bone density
bone development
bone dry
bone dry(p)
bone dry unit
bone fat (current term)
bone fire
bone fires
bone fissure
bone fissures
bone flap
bone forceps
bone graft
bone hard
bone head
bone heads
bone idle
bone infarct
bone island

Literary usage of Bone fat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"When putrid bones were employed, the bone fat passed, according to age and state of decomposition of the organic matter in the bones, through all gradations ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"The best bone fat obtainable in the market is at present prepared by this process, ... The yield of bone fat in the steaming-out process under pressure is ..."

3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"bone fat is obtained by two processes—(1) by boiling bones with hot water ... (1) If prepared from fresh bones by the first process, bone fat has a [white ..."

4. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"bone fat This is obtained by de-fatting bones by means of water, steam or solvent ... bone fat contains cholesterol and, in accordance with the method of ..."

5. The Manufacture of Lubricants, Shoe Polishes and Leather Dressings by Richard Brunner (1906)
"Fresh bone fat consists of several individual fats, two of which can be readily differentiated, namely, a fat that solidifies somewhat easily, ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1910)
"fraction with solvents. It is chiefly used for soap- and candle- making. bone fat ranges in colour from drab to deep brown, has a characteristic odour, ..."

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