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Bone Ash

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Noun

1. bone ash

ash left when bones burn; high in calcium phosphate; used as fertilizer and in bone china

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bone Ash

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noun
the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china

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Bone Ash

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a white porous ash prepared by burning bones in the open air and consisting chiefly of calcium phosphate: used in making bone china and in fertilizers
: also bone earth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bone Ash

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n.
The white, powdery calcium phosphate ash of burned bones, used as a fertilizer, in making ceramics, and in cleaning and polishing compounds.

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