bone ash

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

bone-ash

Synonyms

ash bone meal bone fines bone flour bone fragments bone granules powdered bone bone chips bone crumbles bone debris bone grit bone particles bone powder bone remnants bone residue
Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

ash

Examples

In 1769 Johan Gottlieb Gahn and Carl Wilhelm Scheele showed that calcium phosphate ( Camain (POmain )main ) is found in bones, and they obtained elemental phosphorus from bone ash. Source: Internet

This used bone ash for a phosphate source, as described above. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bone and joint surgery bone apple tea bone armor bone at the back of the skull bone black bone break