DIPPEL'S OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dippel's oil mean? 

• DIPPEL'S OIL (noun)
  The noun DIPPEL'S OIL has 1 sense:

1. dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

  Familiarity information: DIPPEL'S OIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPPEL'S OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bone oil; Dippel's oil

Hypernyms ("Dippel's oil" is a kind of...):

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)