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

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

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.

As it is usually itself adulterated with some fatty oil, it needs to undergo purification before use.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various