Meaning & use
Blubber
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The thick layer of fat found beneath the skin of whales, seals, and other marine mammals, which insulates them and stores energy.
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A thick layer of blubber allows whales to survive in freezing Arctic waters.
Whalers once rendered blubber into oil for lamps and machinery.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "to blubber" means to cry noisily and without restraint, a very different sense that likely comes from the same root describing something thick and wobbling.
Words with a similar meaning
fatfatty tissue
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To cry noisily and without restraint.
The toddler began to blubber the moment his toy broke.
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