salad oil
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- noun
:
aceite para ensaladas
- For the dressing, mix vinegar and salad oil in a small jar and shake it well.
- tablespoon of salad oil
- teaspoon of salad oil
- cup of salad oil
Examples
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The recipe calls for two tablespoons of salad oil to prepare the marinade.
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She drizzled the salad oil over the mixed greens to enhance the flavor.
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Lettuce, tomato, salad oil.
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The last thing I notice as we hurry on is the water pooled below the beluga; it's greasy, as though we'd just spilled a cup of salad oil there, and pink with blood.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A liquid fat from plants used for cooking and salad dressings
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A liquid made by pressing olives used for cooking and salads
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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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An oil from sesame seeds that people use to add flavor to food
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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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A yellowish liquid from mustard seeds that people use for cooking and massage
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An oil from flax seeds used as food and in paints or varnishes
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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 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
An oil from rapeseed used for cooking, as a lubricant, or to fuel lamps
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a light edible oil used for salad dressings' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'salad' (a dish of vegetables) with 'oil' (cooking fat). This noun–noun compounding pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The compound salad oil comes from the simple idea of salad + oil: shops labeled light cooking oils 'for salads' so people would use them in dressings. That's why salad oil means a light vegetable oil used to dress or make salads.