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vegetable oil

vegetable oil

17 1.0
An oil made from plants that you use for cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈvɛdʒtəbl ɔɪl/
translation icon : aceite vegetal
  • For the salad dressing, mix vinegar with vegetable oil and season to taste.
  • vegetable oils and animal fats
  • food-grade vegetable oils
  • using vegetable oil

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Examples

  • When your yeast is ready, pour it into the flour mixture with the vegetable oil.

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  • Bring me the vegetable oil.

  • Then add your sour cream and vegetable oil and mix one more time.

  • OK, so first thing we need to do then is combine the vegetable oil, orange juice and eggs.

  • Heat about 1 1/2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a wok or large skillet.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Heat another tablespoon of vegetable oil in the wok and add the meat and mushrooms.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Lightly spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with vegetable oil cooking spray.

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  • Biodiesel is a clean-burning alternative fuel that can be made from materials such as vegetable oils, animal fats, and spent cooking greases.

    Academic text (2002)
  • In a frying pan, add a few tablespoons of vegetable oil to cook the onions until they are golden.

  • When baking, substituting vegetable oil for butter can make the cake lighter and moister.

Synonyms

oil
vsvegetable oil
406 1.0

A liquid fat from plants used for cooking and salad dressings

is the common plant-derived cooking fat rather than a broader category
cooking oil
vsvegetable oil
7 1.0

Oil from plants or seeds used to cook food

is used generally for many food preparation tasks not only hot methods
salad oil
vsvegetable oil
1 1.4

A light vegetable oil used for salad dressing and cooking

is used broadly in cooking rather than mainly for dressings
sweet oil
vsvegetable oil
1 3.5

A mild vegetable oil like olive oil that you use for cooking and skin care

is a general plant-derived edible fat not marked by mildness

How Processed

vegetable oil
17 1.0
unrefined
3 4.4

Surface Forms

vegetable oil singular

Morphology

vegetable + oil

The meaning 'a plant-derived edible oil' is directly and compositionally derived from 'vegetable' (plant food) + 'oil' (edible liquid fat), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound. This noun-noun combination follows regular, cross-linguistically common compounding patterns and is therefore immediately comprehensible at B1.

Etymology

Vegetable oil comes from a simple picture: people press plants, seeds, or fruits to get liquid oil, and the word vegetable shows it comes from plants rather than animals. So, vegetable oil means 'a cooking oil made from plants'.