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Noun: bone fat  bown fat
  1. Fatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greases
    "Bone fat was once a common ingredient in soap-making"

Derived forms: bone fats

Type of: animal fat