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blubber

[bluhb-er] / ˈblʌb ər /
VERB
cry noisily
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STRONGEST
WEAK


NOUN
animal or human fat
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Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024

This was a revival of an older recipe, we were told, but the chicken was a blob of blubber with the consistency of paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

“It’s a scientific tool we use to collect whale skin and blubber samples.”

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

“Crowded round the little stove with its smoky flickery blubber flames we looked like hobgoblins,” Macklin wrote.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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