whale oil

whale oil

English

Noun

whale oil (countable and uncountable, plural whale oils)

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

Translations

oil or fat extracted from whale blubber

Finnish: valaanrasva (fat); valaanöljy (oil) Galician: aceite de balea (gl) m Japanese: 鯨油 (げいゆ, geiyu)

Norwegian: Bokmål: hvalolje m or f

See also

• sperm oil
• spermaceti