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Definition of blubber noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blubber

noun
 
/ˈblʌbə(r)/
 
/ˈblʌbər/
[uncountable]
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  1. the fat of whales and other sea animals
    • Body heat is retained by a layer of blubber under the skin.
    Word Originnoun late Middle English (denoting the foaming of the sea, also a bubble on water): perhaps symbolic; compare with blob and blotch.
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