groundnut oil
- noun
- /ˈgraʊndnʌt ɔɪl/
- UK
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aceite de cacahuete
- After a minute, when the yolks are thick and sticky, start adding the groundnut oil very gradually.
Examples
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Thank goodness you noted the oil; I should have changed that (having been told some disturbing facts about groundnut oil) to sunflower or grapeseed oil.
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In my cooking class, we always use groundnut oil for frying vegetables because it enhances their flavor.
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Also, what the heck is groundnut oil?
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To prepare the dish, mix the spices with groundnut oil before adding the sautéed onions.
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She prefers groundnut oil over other oils for making dressings because of its rich taste.
Synonyms
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A liquid fat from plants used for cooking and salad dressings
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An oil made from plants that you use for cooking
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An edible oil from inside coconuts used for cooking and skin care
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An oil from sesame seeds that people use to add flavor to food
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An oil from peanuts used for cooking and making soap
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A pale yellow vegetable oil made from corn kernels used for cooking
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A pale yellow oil made from almonds used for cooking and skin care
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A liquid taken from walnuts used for cooking and salad dressing
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Oil made from sunflower seeds used for cooking and food
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An oil from flax seeds used as food and in paints or varnishes
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A light yellow oil from the rapeseed plant used for cooking and as fuel or to oil machines
A pale yellow liquid used for cooking and salads that comes from sunflower seeds
A pale yellow oil from almonds that people use for cooking and for skin or hair
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'edible oil extracted from peanuts' is directly derivable from combining 'groundnut' (peanut) with 'oil' following a standard noun-noun compounding pattern where the first noun names the source. This compositional and cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g., 'peanut oil', 'aceite de cacahuete') makes the MWE immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Groundnut oil comes from the word groundnut, the common name for the 'peanut' because the nuts grow in the ground. So groundnut oil means oil made from those peanuts and used for cooking.