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

The oils used for the lubrication of spinning and weaving machinery should contain a fair proportion of some fatty oil, such as olive or rape or cocoanut oil.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

Sometimes fatty oil or watery sap is found in swollen hyphal ends, or such tubes contain coloured sap.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The tissue of the seeds contains a fatty oil, with resin, mucilage and gum, malates and albuminous matter; and in the pericarp there is much tannin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

A small quantity of semisolid fatty oil is obtained from the seeds by pressure.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William