Cosa (chi) è blubber - definizione
THICK LAYER OF VASCULARIZED ADIPOSE TISSUE FOUND UNDER THE SKIN OF ALL CETACEANS, PINNIPEDS AND SIRENIANS
Whale fat; Whale blubber
![[[Try pot]] or ''Blubber Pot'' seen in [[Simon's Town]] in [[South Africa]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whaling Trypot (Blubber Pot), Simon's Town SA.jpg?width=200 "[[Try pot]] or ''Blubber Pot'' seen in [[Simon's Town]] in [[South Africa]]")
blubber
blubber1
¦ noun the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals.
Derivatives
blubbery adjective
Origin
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blubber2
¦ verb informal cry noisily and uncontrollably; sob.
Derivatives
blubberer noun
Origin
Blubber
·noun A large sea nettle or medusa.
II. Blubber ·noun A Bubble.
III. Blubber ·vt To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
IV. Blubber ·vi To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.
V. Blubber ·vt To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries);
- with forth or out.
VI. Blubber ·noun The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
blubber
(blubbers, blubbering, blubbered)
1.
Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals.
The baby whale develops a thick layer of blubber to protect it from the cold sea.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If someone blubbers, they cry noisily and in an unattractive way. (INFORMAL)
She started to blubber like a child.
VERB: V
Wikipedia
Blubber
Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians.
Esempi di pronuncia per blubber
1. the blubber there.
Dr. Cassandra Coburn _ Enough _ Talks at Google
2. 150-pound bundles of blubber
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3. These are Inuit children cutting whale blubber.
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4. The mean kids from 'Deenie' and 'Blubber'
My Life With Bob _ Pamela Paul _ Talks at Google
5. and exploit them for their oil and their blubber.
The Humane Economy _ Wayne Pacelle _ Talks at Google
Esempi dal corpus di testo per blubber
1. Not MacFadyen÷ blubber, blubber, blubber its like being at a whaling station.
2. Pups can only survive submersion in the icy waters only after they‘ve formed a blubber layer.
3. It is enough to make anyone long for a slice of smoked blubber.
4. Who wants to sit on a bus next to a half–naked blubber mountain?
5. Whalers searched for oil in blubber and bone to light their economy.