whale oil

noun

Any of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (and also formerly as an illuminating oil).

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Meanings

nounwhale oil (countable and uncountable, plural whale oils)

plural whale oils

  1. countableuncountableAny of various oils and fats extracted from the blubber of whales and used in the manufacture of soap and lubricants (and also formerly as an illuminating oil).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant

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train oil
Broader
animal oil
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train oil

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian китово масло
  • китово масло (kitovo maslo)oil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Chinese Mandarin 鯨油 /鲸油
  • 鯨油 /鲸油 (jīngyóu)oil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Danish hvalolje
  • hvaloljeoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Dutch walvistraan
  • walvistraanoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Finnish valaanrasva, valaanöljy
  • valaanrasvaoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
  • valaanöljyoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
  • valasöljyoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
German Tran
  • Tranoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Italian olio di balena
  • olio di balenaoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Japanese 鯨油
  • 鯨油 (geiyu)oil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Māori wē parāoa
  • wē parāoaoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Norwegian Bokmål hvalolje
  • hvaloljeoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Polish tran wielorybi
  • tran wielorybioil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Romanian ulei de cașalot
  • ulei de cașalotoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Russian во́рвань
  • во́рвань (vórvanʹ)oil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Swedish valolja
  • valoljaoil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Ukrainian во́рвань
  • во́рвань (vórvanʹ)oil or fat extracted from whale blubber
Cite this entry
APA

whale oil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whale%20oil

MLA

“whale oil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whale%20oil. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whale oil,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whale%20oil.

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