animal charcoal

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animal charcoal

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  1. uncountable A fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an adsorbent and disinfectant.

    Similar: abaiser, bone black, bone char, bone charcoal, ivory black

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noun fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones

Españolcarbón animal
Portuguêscarvão animal
Românăcărbune animal

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@misc{animal_charcoal_2026,
  title = {animal charcoal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/animal%20charcoal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}