palm oil

American  

noun

• palm oils
  plural

1. a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.

2. oil obtained from various species of palm.

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palm oil British  

noun

1. a yellow butter-like oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm, used as an edible fat and in soap

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• palm oils
  plural

Etymology

Origin of palm oil

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

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palm oil

Find insight on gold and silver futures, London mining stocks, palm oil and more in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

However, a sharp correction is unlikely, with crude palm oil prices expected to stay above 4,000 ringgit a ton, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

He runs a hedge-fund firm, Moreton Capital Partners, that bets on the price of everything from American grains to Southeast Asian palm oil to Brazilian sugar and soybeans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Dog owners have been put on alert after suspected palm oil washed up on a Merseyside beach.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

We high-fived each other as we approached the village market, and our stomachs growled as the smell of palm oil wafted from cooking huts.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah