seal oil

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   a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant

   Broaderanimal oil

Questions about seal oil

What does seal oil mean?

seal oil means "a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant".

Is seal oil a common word?

seal oil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.