corn oil

American  

noun

corn oils plural

1. a pale-yellow, water-insoluble liquid oil obtained by expressing the germs of corn kernels, used in the preparation of foodstuffs, lubricants, soaps, and hair dressings.

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corn oil British  

noun

1. an oil prepared from maize, used in cooking and in making soaps, lubricants, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• corn oils
  plural

Example Sentences

"Corn oil is 57 percent omega-6 and 29 percent omega-3 fatty acids, with saturated and omega-9 fats making up the rest."

From Fox News • Mar. 19, 2022

Corn oil can be used as a cooking or salad oil.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

For an automobile soap the following is a good working formula: Corn oil 1,000 parts Potash lye, 31-1/2 degs.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Corn oil finds its greatest use in the manufacture of soap for washing automobiles.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.

Corn, oil, and wine, are wanting to this ground, In which our countries fruitfully abound; As if this infant world, yet unarrayed, Naked and bare in Nature's lap were laid.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir