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canola oil

canola oil

7 2.0
A light cooking oil that comes from rapeseed and has a mild taste
  • noun
  • /kəˈnoʊlə ɔɪl/
  • US
translation icon : aceite de canola
  • Add 1/4 cup oil (I use canola oil) and 2 egg yolks.
  • canola oil and mix
  • fat replacement with canola oil
  • effects of canola oil

Ripe mayonnaise is made from canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil.

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Examples

  • Extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, safflower oil, nuts, seeds, and avocados are an excellent source of healthy fats.

    Blog text (18)
  • So they use canola oil instead of vegetable oil.

  • Approximately 1,000 stations in Germany alone sell biodiesel made from rapeseed oil, which is known as canola oil in the United States.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The pale golden oil, "canola oil," extracted from canola seeds, has a light, neutral taste with high heat resistance (El-Gammal, 2010).

    Academic text (2015)
  • To make the salad dressing, combine vinegar and canola oil in a bowl.

  • You should use canola oil for frying because it has a high smoke point.

  • For a healthier option, many recipes replace butter with canola oil in baking.

Synonyms

canola
vscanola oil
  • US
13 3.4

A light cooking oil made from rapeseed plants that is low in saturated fat

is the same meaning but given in the fuller oil form
rapeseed oil
vscanola oil
  • UK
1 3.2

A light yellow oil from the rapeseed plant used for cooking and as fuel or to oil machines

is produced for cooking and food use with higher monounsaturated fats
rape oil
vscanola oil
  • Archaic
5.3

A light yellow oil from rapeseed used for cooking and to help machines run

is made mainly for cooking and food use rather than illumination or fuel

How Healthy

olive oil
126 1.0
canola oil
  • US
7 2.0
vegetable oil
17 1.0
butter
635 1.0
lard
52 3.3

Surface Forms

canola oil singular
canola oils plural

Morphology

canola + oil

The noun-noun compound is fully compositional: 'canola' names a particular plant/seed and 'oil' names a cooking fat, so 'canola oil' straightforwardly means oil made from canola. This type of modifier+head pattern is productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Canola oil gets its name from Canada and the phrase 'Canadian oil, low acid'. People in Canada bred a new kind of seed so the oil was safe and mild, and they called that oil canola, so today canola oil means the light cooking oil made from that Canadian seed.