fatty oil

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. fixed oil.

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fatty oil British  

noun

1. another name for fixed oil

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Etymology

Origin of fatty oil

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The factories dehydrate the larvae to make an animal feed or extract a fatty oil, which has a range of uses from cosmetics to biodiesel.

From Nature • Sep. 12, 2017

Ergot should be kept in stoppered bottles in order to preserve it from the attacks of a species of mite, and to prevent the oxidation of its fatty oil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

The fatty oil of fern, has an æthereal and empyreumatic smell; its colour is brown, and its consistence rather greater than that of castor oil; it is, however, easier to separate in drops.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

By pressure they yield fatty oil, called butter of cacao.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

An essential oil is distinguished from a fatty oil by its characteristic odour, and by being slightly soluble in water and more volatile.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various