tall oil

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   an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants

   Broaderoil

Questions about tall oil

What does tall oil mean?

tall oil means "an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants".

Is tall oil a common word?

tall 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.