boneblack

boneblack

See also: bone black

English

Etymology

bone +‎ black

Noun

boneblack (usually uncountable, plural boneblacks)

1. A preparation containing carbonized bone, used as a pigment and a filtering medium.

Synonyms

• animal charcoal
• bone char
• bone charcoal

Translations

preparation containing carbonized bone

Chinese: Cantonese: 骨炭 (gwat1 taan3) Mandarin: 骨炭 (zh) (gǔtàn)

Japanese: 骨炭 (こったん, kottan) Korean: 골탄 (goltan) (骨炭) Swedish: bensvart c