sardine oil

1. 1.

   oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap

   Broaderanimal oil

Questions about sardine oil

What does sardine oil mean?

sardine oil means "oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap".

Is sardine oil a common word?

sardine oil is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.