olive oil
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- noun
- /ˈɑːlɪv ɔɪl/
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aceite de oliva
- She'd rub the skin with olive oil mixed with rosemary and garlic.
- lemon and olive oil
- wine and olive oil
- grains and olive oil
Vanilla extract and oddly enough, olive oil, which is fun.
- Vanilla extract and oddly enough, olive oil, which is fun.
- Finalize with a little bit of olive oil on top.
- Maybe they both have olive oil and parsley and spices.
- A tablespoon of olive oil, salt, pepper.
- Like shouldn't olive oil still be worse than saturated as well?
- It's, you know, avocados, it's extra virgin olive oil, it's nuts and seeds.
Examples
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You know, broccoli with olive oil and lemon is awesome.
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Does food taste better if you heat the pan before putting olive oil in it?
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I think you even used my olive oil.
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- Local olive oil is pretty good.
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Well, how about some olive oil?
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You guys want warm bread or olive oil?
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We'll go in with some olive oil, salt and pepper.
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Always in my kitchen are olive oil, avocados, fresh fruit.
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The latter consisted of meat, vegetables, cheese, olive oil, wine, and salt.
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In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over low heat for 1 minute.
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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Oil from plants or seeds used to cook food
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A mild vegetable oil like olive oil that you use for cooking and skin care
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A light vegetable oil used for salad dressing and cooking
How Healthy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an oil obtained from olives' is directly and compositionally derived from 'olive' (the fruit) + 'oil' (a plant-derived fat). This noun-noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic modifier-head pattern and would be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Olive oil comes from the simple picture of ripe olives being crushed or pressed so golden oil runs out. Because people used that oil for cooking and for skin care, the name now means 'an oil obtained by pressing olives'.